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Blue pixelated text on dark brown background repeats 'Friends come and go.... but thats LIFE!' with white starbursts scattered throughout.

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Blue pixelated text on dark brown background repeats 'Friends come and go.... but thats LIFE!' with white starbursts scattered throughout.

Blue pixelated text on dark brown background repeats 'Friends come and go.... but thats LIFE!' with white starbursts scattered throughout. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • Friends
  • come and
  • go....
  • but thats
  • LIFE!
  • come and go.... but thats LIFE!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080301104348134592132
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ef/efb8555dbdebfbe77782884266aaaf72c86f05d22cee400a31659cba119795ba.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
efb8555dbdebfbe7
SHA-256
efb8555dbdebfbe77782884266aaaf72c86f05d22cee400a31659cba119795ba
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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
20080301104348134592132
Archive entry
20080301104348134592132.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 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#20080301104348134592132.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080301104348134592132.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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