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Blue background with yellow text repeating 'Life=short young=once ules=break' and 'caught=yes enjoy it all', interspersed with pink star shapes.

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Blue background with yellow text repeating 'Life=short young=once ules=break' and 'caught=yes enjoy it all', interspersed with pink star shapes.

Blue background with yellow text repeating 'Life=short young=once ules=break' and 'caught=yes enjoy it all', interspersed with pink star shapes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • Life=short young=once ules=break
  • caught=yes enjoy it all

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804122133281003032860
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b1/b1a4f4d58056f7cc3c4ba0aba8f790db1fc3d81b1c47927188a40adbd9f48b52.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b1a4f4d58056f7cc
SHA-256
b1a4f4d58056f7cc3c4ba0aba8f790db1fc3d81b1c47927188a40adbd9f48b52
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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
200804122133281003032860
Archive entry
200804122133281003032860.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#200804122133281003032860.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804122133281003032860.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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