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Pixelated yellow smiley face with wide eyes and open mouth, purple text on black background, red 'DIFFERENT' text above the face.

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Pixelated yellow smiley face with wide eyes and open mouth, purple text on black background, red 'DIFFERENT' text above the face.

Pixelated yellow smiley face with wide eyes and open mouth, purple text on black background, red 'DIFFERENT' text above the face. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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  • they laugh because I'm i laugh because they're the
  • DiFFErEnT
  • SAME

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811101720361700855276
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b5/b50cafbea53994584c2463c677036fa7d804113767bcb5a5cf5cc70f1b6446a7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b50cafbea5399458
SHA-256
b50cafbea53994584c2463c677036fa7d804113767bcb5a5cf5cc70f1b6446a7
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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
200811101720361700855276
Archive entry
200811101720361700855276.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 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#200811101720361700855276.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811101720361700855276.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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