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Two adjacent blue square icons with pixelated white text reading "what is a friend anyway?" and "cause I sure don't know." on light blue background.

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Two adjacent blue square icons with pixelated white text reading "what is a friend anyway?" and "cause I sure don't know." on light blue background.

Two adjacent blue square icons with pixelated white text reading "what is a friend anyway?" and "cause I sure don't know." on light blue background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy i…

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  • what is a friend anyway?
  • cause I sure don't know.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081018152837999631715
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d7/d71b5cb8bdb7495b75a49371555d87af7569562468590ec3b50317330715c472.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d71b5cb8bdb7495b
SHA-256
d71b5cb8bdb7495b75a49371555d87af7569562468590ec3b50317330715c472
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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
20081018152837999631715
Archive entry
20081018152837999631715.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#20081018152837999631715.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081018152837999631715.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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