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Pixelated cyan text on black background with pink star overlay, repeating 'SPIDERS? why cant we follow the butterflies?butterflies?' in four identical

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Pixelated cyan text on black background with pink star overlay, repeating 'SPIDERS? why cant we follow the butterflies?butterflies?' in four identical

Pixelated cyan text on black background with pink star overlay, repeating 'SPIDERS? why cant we follow the butterflies?butterflies?' in four identical. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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  • SPIDERS?
  • why cant
  • we follow
  • the
  • butterflies?butterflies?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200909071752531839816843
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d5/d509c023954867954ee07bf2ac01b35024c389ba0094b7308f40258435038fe9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d509c02395486795
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d509c023954867954ee07bf2ac01b35024c389ba0094b7308f40258435038fe9
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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
200909071752531839816843
Archive entry
200909071752531839816843.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#200909071752531839816843.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200909071752531839816843.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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