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six pixelated images showing a person with dark hair and a red-and-black striped shirt, with text overlays changing across frames

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six pixelated images showing a person with dark hair and a red-and-black striped shirt, with text overlays changing across frames

six pixelated images showing a person with dark hair and a red-and-black striped shirt, with text overlays changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • text overlay change

Style

  • text overlay

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  • Soooo
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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080919172742665872973
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b6/b69e88282e7540e52b0fbcd18df57c8d9bf582cad7475c306f21c6b102eba4c5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b69e88282e7540e5
SHA-256
b69e88282e7540e52b0fbcd18df57c8d9bf582cad7475c306f21c6b102eba4c5
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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
20080919172742665872973
Archive entry
20080919172742665872973.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080919172742665872973.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080919172742665872973.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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