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Pixelated image with white text over dark background showing two groups of friends and a group taking pictures of puddles.

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Pixelated image with white text over dark background showing two groups of friends and a group taking pictures of puddles.

Pixelated image with white text over dark background showing two groups of friends and a group taking pictures of puddles. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • yep those are my friends...
  • yep the ones over there...
  • yep those ones taking pictures of puddles

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709081833131129804296
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c0/c09d438e6ea6903201c757067136b4447f257c1d0dda922c0c5f8d3c41d99af1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c09d438e6ea69032
SHA-256
c09d438e6ea6903201c757067136b4447f257c1d0dda922c0c5f8d3c41d99af1
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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
200709081833131129804296
Archive entry
200709081833131129804296.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 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#200709081833131129804296.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709081833131129804296.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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