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Cyan text on black background repeats 'i thought this was real but yoreal but you thought different' in a pattern with scattered white dots

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Cyan text on black background repeats 'i thought this was real but yoreal but you thought different' in a pattern with scattered white dots

Cyan text on black background repeats 'i thought this was real but yoreal but you thought different' in a pattern with scattered white dots. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906131323342060202929
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2 KB
Motion
Animated (11 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c6/c64ba9bd6c9b5aa1bc2b4b323715f53ad9849ed92bf1f3c3cf61e6763d9615b2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c64ba9bd6c9b5aa1
SHA-256
c64ba9bd6c9b5aa1bc2b4b323715f53ad9849ed92bf1f3c3cf61e6763d9615b2
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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
200906131323342060202929
Archive entry
200906131323342060202929.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#200906131323342060202929.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906131323342060202929.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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