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Pixelated blue text on black background with pink highlight bars over specific lines, showing repeated phrases and symbols.

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Pixelated blue text on black background with pink highlight bars over specific lines, showing repeated phrases and symbols.

Pixelated blue text on black background with pink highlight bars over specific lines, showing repeated phrases and symbols. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • <3
  • Fall Out Boy
  • All Time Low
  • 3oh!3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090825080251249909550
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
603 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b2/b2454152c7e6536ec1cabc4fdb275b2163eb558ea6222f2944803f5db3bd07a5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b2454152c7e6536e
SHA-256
b2454152c7e6536ec1cabc4fdb275b2163eb558ea6222f2944803f5db3bd07a5
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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
20090825080251249909550
Archive entry
20090825080251249909550.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#20090825080251249909550.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090825080251249909550.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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