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A basketball on a wooden court background with orange pixelated text reading 'Basketball It's Life.' and 'Life's a game. Yea.' below.

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A basketball on a wooden court background with orange pixelated text reading 'Basketball It's Life.' and 'Life's a game. Yea.' below.

A basketball on a wooden court background with orange pixelated text reading 'Basketball It's Life.' and 'Life's a game. Yea.' below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • Basketball
  • It's Life.
  • Life's a game. Yea.
  • LIFE IS BASKETBALL Period.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080414161811944871624
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/cb/cbe0a7f05c1d4c2cb55265c734065d5385cbd13a9d3b3648ec7b232be77fdec5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
cbe0a7f05c1d4c2c
SHA-256
cbe0a7f05c1d4c2cb55265c734065d5385cbd13a9d3b3648ec7b232be77fdec5
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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
20080414161811944871624
Archive entry
20080414161811944871624.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#20080414161811944871624.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080414161811944871624.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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