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Pixelated yellow text on pink background reads "Life needs to be Lived" with four symbols below, two of which change position between frames.

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Pixelated yellow text on pink background reads "Life needs to be Lived" with four symbols below, two of which change position between frames.

Pixelated yellow text on pink background reads "Life needs to be Lived" with four symbols below, two of which change position between frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • Life
  • needs to
  • be
  • Lived

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711170620471475629290
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
903 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/af/af16ca440aabc469e84336b3005d02759a611e9c02470cb3069f4b5ab8da228c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
af16ca440aabc469
SHA-256
af16ca440aabc469e84336b3005d02759a611e9c02470cb3069f4b5ab8da228c
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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
200711170620471475629290
Archive entry
200711170620471475629290.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:57 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#200711170620471475629290.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711170620471475629290.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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