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Pixelated text on a bright pink background with purple starbursts, repeating 'You Should Never Listen To Icons! They Lie!' in white block letters.

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Pixelated text on a bright pink background with purple starbursts, repeating 'You Should Never Listen To Icons! They Lie!' in white block letters.

Pixelated text on a bright pink background with purple starbursts, repeating 'You Should Never Listen To Icons! They Lie!' in white block letters. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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  • You Should
  • Never
  • Listen
  • To Icons!
  • They Lie!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080123142029263295039
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
737 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ea/ea9031748b8f10c2f3cf3f04f78cd9cb4e00b682f1b3893a2a3aa35639398b6d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ea9031748b8f10c2
SHA-256
ea9031748b8f10c2f3cf3f04f78cd9cb4e00b682f1b3893a2a3aa35639398b6d
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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
20080123142029263295039
Archive entry
20080123142029263295039.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#20080123142029263295039.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080123142029263295039.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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