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A pixelated image of a person's face with blue eyes and light hair, split into four quadrants with text in red font on beige backgrounds.

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A pixelated image of a person's face with blue eyes and light hair, split into four quadrants with text in red font on beige backgrounds.

A pixelated image of a person's face with blue eyes and light hair, split into four quadrants with text in red font on beige backgrounds. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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  • I think
  • I'm dumb
  • or maybe
  • just
  • happy

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080810102249336200356
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/cc/ccf7c7927f68b0c82d317b445bd5881b1cfdf8a8ebf460be211b542444abd20e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ccf7c7927f68b0c8
SHA-256
ccf7c7927f68b0c82d317b445bd5881b1cfdf8a8ebf460be211b542444abd20e
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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
20080810102249336200356
Archive entry
20080810102249336200356.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 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#20080810102249336200356.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080810102249336200356.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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