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Pixelated animated icon with colorful background, text overlays reading "Im so gangsta" and "I spell gangsta with an A", blue plus signs arranged in a pattern.

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Pixelated animated icon with colorful background, text overlays reading "Im so gangsta" and "I spell gangsta with an A", blue plus signs arranged in a pattern.

Pixelated animated icon with colorful background, text overlays reading "Im so gangsta" and "I spell gangsta with an A", blue plus signs arranged in a pattern. Animated 50×50 GIF…

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  • Im so gangsta
  • I spell gangsta with an A

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080827133340515005924
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e3/e3cadf5bad94bf3cc4855deaa84f2b9839f9bbc283a23e503e2ee256bac2c577.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e3cadf5bad94bf3c
SHA-256
e3cadf5bad94bf3cc4855deaa84f2b9839f9bbc283a23e503e2ee256bac2c577
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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
20080827133340515005924
Archive entry
20080827133340515005924.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#20080827133340515005924.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080827133340515005924.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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