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Pixelated text "THANKS FOR TEACHING ME THIS" appears in four quadrants with a white star on red and a red star on white, all against solid backgrounds.

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Pixelated text "THANKS FOR TEACHING ME THIS" appears in four quadrants with a white star on red and a red star on white, all against solid backgrounds.

Pixelated text "THANKS FOR TEACHING ME THIS" appears in four quadrants with a white star on red and a red star on white, all against solid backgrounds. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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  • five-pointed star

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  • THANKS FOR TEACHING ME THIS

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080107010421922804589
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
847 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d8/d8357cd6f2a92b114fb4aa71a1a8cee05b41690bbd5e1973aec42a907ca49608.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d8357cd6f2a92b11
SHA-256
d8357cd6f2a92b114fb4aa71a1a8cee05b41690bbd5e1973aec42a907ca49608
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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
20080107010421922804589
Archive entry
20080107010421922804589.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 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#20080107010421922804589.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080107010421922804589.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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