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Green pixelated text overlays a forest background with trees and grass, posing the philosophical question about sound when a tree falls.

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Green pixelated text overlays a forest background with trees and grass, posing the philosophical question about sound when a tree falls.

Green pixelated text overlays a forest background with trees and grass, posing the philosophical question about sound when a tree falls. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • If a tree
  • Falls in a
  • Forest...
  • and no one
  • Is there to
  • Hear it...
  • Does It
  • make a
  • sound?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080427181625537278410
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/dc/dccb65534ca20b0cb818606a1c3d023cca9929d3ec069cf2e51754a3342c579b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
dccb65534ca20b0c
SHA-256
dccb65534ca20b0cb818606a1c3d023cca9929d3ec069cf2e51754a3342c579b
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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
20080427181625537278410
Archive entry
20080427181625537278410.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#20080427181625537278410.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080427181625537278410.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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