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Red pixelated text on black background reads "this smile is really a frown" with animated red dots forming ellipses and colons.

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Red pixelated text on black background reads "this smile is really a frown" with animated red dots forming ellipses and colons.

Red pixelated text on black background reads "this smile is really a frown" with animated red dots forming ellipses and colons. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071006110346273808088
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
997 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c5/c5fe40b8fc4e8c6a25837946d97333754a814ab55818e77ccde5ab78a2f9292d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c5fe40b8fc4e8c6a
SHA-256
c5fe40b8fc4e8c6a25837946d97333754a814ab55818e77ccde5ab78a2f9292d
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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
20071006110346273808088
Archive entry
20071006110346273808088.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 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#20071006110346273808088.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071006110346273808088.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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