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A rainbow-colored horse stands in front of a grayscale zebra, with purple text on an orange background reading "If you change FOR someone, you look like a poser. If you change BECASE OF someone, you're in love.".

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A rainbow-colored horse stands in front of a grayscale zebra, with purple text on an orange background reading "If you change FOR someone, you look like a poser. If you change BECASE OF someone, you're in love.".

A rainbow-colored horse stands in front of a grayscale zebra, with purple text on an orange background reading "If you change FOR someone, you look like a poser. If you change BEC…

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  • If you change FOR someone, you look like a poser. If you change BECASE OF someone,
  • you're in love.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071202185510181580999
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b5/b53c2021d8e41493f3dbb010bc0d4903d04c404572254c0f3c78d6ae13f89e61.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b53c2021d8e41493
SHA-256
b53c2021d8e41493f3dbb010bc0d4903d04c404572254c0f3c78d6ae13f89e61
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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
20071202185510181580999
Archive entry
20071202185510181580999.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 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#20071202185510181580999.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071202185510181580999.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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