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Red pixelated text on black background reads "Life is 50% work 50% hope & 90% fun" with four red stars and one brown star below.

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Red pixelated text on black background reads "Life is 50% work 50% hope & 90% fun" with four red stars and one brown star below.

Red pixelated text on black background reads "Life is 50% work 50% hope & 90% fun" with four red stars and one brown star below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • Life is
  • 50% work
  • 50% hope
  • & 90% fun

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201006091805091783432545
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.6 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c5/c5b3991feaec409bdb7e84f762640ff1d1f1eb2364406885e0d457c404118ee4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c5b3991feaec409b
SHA-256
c5b3991feaec409bdb7e84f762640ff1d1f1eb2364406885e0d457c404118ee4
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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
201006091805091783432545
Archive entry
201006091805091783432545.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 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#201006091805091783432545.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201006091805091783432545.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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