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Red and black pixelated icon with repeated text warning about death after 10 seconds, featuring a red star that changes to a black star.

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Red and black pixelated icon with repeated text warning about death after 10 seconds, featuring a red star that changes to a black star.

Red and black pixelated icon with repeated text warning about death after 10 seconds, featuring a red star that changes to a black star. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • star

Visible Text

  • You look at this icon for another 10 seconds you die

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809081310112000138604
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
881 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c3/c3989cce0570fd3e09afec9690adef3ecab01f70ae4affe66772dd74b39cc02e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c3989cce0570fd3e
SHA-256
c3989cce0570fd3e09afec9690adef3ecab01f70ae4affe66772dd74b39cc02e
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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
200809081310112000138604
Archive entry
200809081310112000138604.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#200809081310112000138604.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809081310112000138604.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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