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Four yellow smiley faces with wide grins and upward-tilted eyes, each overlaid with colored text boxes containing phrases like 'fer sure' and 'maybe'.

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Four yellow smiley faces with wide grins and upward-tilted eyes, each overlaid with colored text boxes containing phrases like 'fer sure' and 'maybe'.

Four yellow smiley faces with wide grins and upward-tilted eyes, each overlaid with colored text boxes containing phrases like 'fer sure' and 'maybe'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy…

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Source terms

Style

  • cartoon
  • text overlay

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  • fer sure
  • maybe
  • not
  • eh
  • bomb

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080219153105204182868
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c2/c267dbcb3fade184d8f9fef93c48eaa2fc16c67cd4eb1f4f65ac92b98163f4a8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c267dbcb3fade184
SHA-256
c267dbcb3fade184d8f9fef93c48eaa2fc16c67cd4eb1f4f65ac92b98163f4a8
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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
20080219153105204182868
Archive entry
20080219153105204182868.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 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#20080219153105204182868.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080219153105204182868.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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