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Yellow pixelated text repeats across a cyan background with orange rectangular overlays, forming a wordwall of repeated phrases and abbreviations.

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Yellow pixelated text repeats across a cyan background with orange rectangular overlays, forming a wordwall of repeated phrases and abbreviations.

Yellow pixelated text repeats across a cyan background with orange rectangular overlays, forming a wordwall of repeated phrases and abbreviations. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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  • they're called
  • BEST FRIENDS
  • for a reason
  • sd.ad.bm.mm.
  • mh.ta.ns

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20091128203918137648305
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ba/bae03e412af01a834495db4a74d7cc3595cf1ffb9ddb19129343fa9d4d78be27.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
bae03e412af01a83
SHA-256
bae03e412af01a834495db4a74d7cc3595cf1ffb9ddb19129343fa9d4d78be27
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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
20091128203918137648305
Archive entry
20091128203918137648305.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#20091128203918137648305.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20091128203918137648305.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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