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A pixelated giraffe head and neck on a light blue background, with red text blocks reading 'Giraffes are cool', 'Get over it', and '<3Nea' in black font.

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A pixelated giraffe head and neck on a light blue background, with red text blocks reading 'Giraffes are cool', 'Get over it', and '<3Nea' in black font.

A pixelated giraffe head and neck on a light blue background, with red text blocks reading 'Giraffes are cool', 'Get over it', and '<3Nea' in black font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bu…

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  • Giraffes are cool
  • Get over it
  • <3Nea

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080514153831841911137
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d6/d69cff9c3a57ba9018a5749397293101ec6873fb31d12245749417276ef4ea41.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d69cff9c3a57ba90
SHA-256
d69cff9c3a57ba9018a5749397293101ec6873fb31d12245749417276ef4ea41
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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
20080514153831841911137
Archive entry
20080514153831841911137.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 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#20080514153831841911137.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080514153831841911137.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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