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five pixelated images showing a man in a suit with overlaid text fragments, arranged in two with the bottom-right empty

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five pixelated images showing a man in a suit with overlaid text fragments, arranged in two with the bottom-right empty

five pixelated images showing a man in a suit with overlaid text fragments, arranged in two with the bottom-right empty. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Actions

  • mouth open

Style

  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • "All I want..." "is for one guy..." "to prove to me..." "they're all not the same"

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200810051520342011489608
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.2 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/be/be3836184f12867fa88f769ede9656f88d5aaacb9ebfb13a60a5893b2aca355c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
be3836184f12867f
SHA-256
be3836184f12867fa88f769ede9656f88d5aaacb9ebfb13a60a5893b2aca355c
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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
200810051520342011489608
Archive entry
200810051520342011489608.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#200810051520342011489608.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200810051520342011489608.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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