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Pixelated text repeats 'I because there's a million ways to be yourself' on a purple background with green dots and cyan text.

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Pixelated text repeats 'I because there's a million ways to be yourself' on a purple background with green dots and cyan text.

Pixelated text repeats 'I because there's a million ways to be yourself' on a purple background with green dots and cyan text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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  • I
  • Because
  • there's a million ways to be yourself
  • yourself

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708250926331159261072
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/af/af144d558d375fe6a5e3c4e035adc50116df61c09a8461899b5292b718b7a33c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
af144d558d375fe6
SHA-256
af144d558d375fe6a5e3c4e035adc50116df61c09a8461899b5292b718b7a33c
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200708250926331159261072
Archive entry
200708250926331159261072.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708250926331159261072.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708250926331159261072.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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