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A static image with repeating text in green on a purple background, featuring small blue pixel artifacts scattered throughout the text.

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A static image with repeating text in green on a purple background, featuring small blue pixel artifacts scattered throughout the text.

A static image with repeating text in green on a purple background, featuring small blue pixel artifacts scattered throughout the text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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  • musics the musics the musics the
  • reason why reason why reason why
  • i know i know i know
  • time time time
  • still exists still exists still exists

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200911210647061296365873
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
554 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/cc/cc08ef08a39f98db01c8c78042e73df10170d57dfa05cfdb2a0d9ba2dd4ffd42.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
cc08ef08a39f98db
SHA-256
cc08ef08a39f98db01c8c78042e73df10170d57dfa05cfdb2a0d9ba2dd4ffd42
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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
200911210647061296365873
Archive entry
200911210647061296365873.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 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#200911210647061296365873.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200911210647061296365873.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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