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Red background with yellow text repeating 'HEY WDC' and 'I AM SAME AS ALWAYS', separated by black dotted lines, asterisks, and question marks.

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Red background with yellow text repeating 'HEY WDC' and 'I AM SAME AS ALWAYS', separated by black dotted lines, asterisks, and question marks.

Red background with yellow text repeating 'HEY WDC' and 'I AM SAME AS ALWAYS', separated by black dotted lines, asterisks, and question marks. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • HEY WDC
  • I AM
  • SAME AS
  • ALWAYS
  • ??????????

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200903231019361909447432
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e6/e656a0b9135a772d34795e5af8f0b23e0e0d42aabd389da24e9e5b789246e21f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e656a0b9135a772d
SHA-256
e656a0b9135a772d34795e5af8f0b23e0e0d42aabd389da24e9e5b789246e21f
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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
200903231019361909447432
Archive entry
200903231019361909447432.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#200903231019361909447432.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903231019361909447432.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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