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A four- of a distorted face with red 'HA' text above, displaying sequential white text overlays: WHY, SO, SERIOUS?, and AHAH

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A four- of a distorted face with red 'HA' text above, displaying sequential white text overlays: WHY, SO, SERIOUS?, and AHAH

A four- of a distorted face with red 'HA' text above, displaying sequential white text overlays: WHY, SO, SERIOUS?, and AHAH. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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  • WHY
  • SO
  • SERIOUS?
  • AHAH.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807230114561570105812
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ea/ea88a913ecad064151e0058e4db184e823fc9553518e7b31b177a1c49e1d2844.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ea88a913ecad0641
SHA-256
ea88a913ecad064151e0058e4db184e823fc9553518e7b31b177a1c49e1d2844
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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
200807230114561570105812
Archive entry
200807230114561570105812.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 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#200807230114561570105812.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807230114561570105812.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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