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Green background with black text reading "if you why not" on left, central white sign saying "THINK", and right-side text "outside the lines" above abstract colorful drawing.

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Green background with black text reading "if you why not" on left, central white sign saying "THINK", and right-side text "outside the lines" above abstract colorful drawing.

Green background with black text reading "if you why not" on left, central white sign saying "THINK", and right-side text "outside the lines" above abstract colorful drawing. Anim…

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  • if you
  • THINK
  • outside the lines
  • why not
  • color outside them 2?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080825142604262501977
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.7 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b0/b057d81f431959678c132b3e7f5e4366d0d527b2e0493185377e714c3b5fdefa.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b057d81f43195967
SHA-256
b057d81f431959678c132b3e7f5e4366d0d527b2e0493185377e714c3b5fdefa
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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
20080825142604262501977
Archive entry
20080825142604262501977.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#20080825142604262501977.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080825142604262501977.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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