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Pixelated image of a person with blonde hair and pink streaks against blue sky background, paired with cyan text on yellow background.

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Pixelated image of a person with blonde hair and pink streaks against blue sky background, paired with cyan text on yellow background.

Pixelated image of a person with blonde hair and pink streaks against blue sky background, paired with cyan text on yellow background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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  • she said: u look JUST like my 6th BF! he said: oh really? how many BFs have u had? she said:
  • 5

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080421173738552449216
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b8/b870178865e07319560b3bfb6164ab2e9432a66b94f5d22d7cce2590ab0377c9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b870178865e07319
SHA-256
b870178865e07319560b3bfb6164ab2e9432a66b94f5d22d7cce2590ab0377c9
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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
20080421173738552449216
Archive entry
20080421173738552449216.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#20080421173738552449216.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080421173738552449216.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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