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Red text blocks on white background transition to Santa and older man with pixelated faces, each labeled with black text boxes.

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Red text blocks on white background transition to Santa and older man with pixelated faces, each labeled with black text boxes.

Red text blocks on white background transition to Santa and older man with pixelated faces, each labeled with black text boxes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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  • today I found out...
  • that santa is my dad in a red jumpsuit
  • santa is actually
  • Him?????

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090413145438857374621
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f0/f0f740e8df56182d0aac4cdba6c15c9bbdf53ec40aed406124561370a504862b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f0f740e8df56182d
SHA-256
f0f740e8df56182d0aac4cdba6c15c9bbdf53ec40aed406124561370a504862b
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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
20090413145438857374621
Archive entry
20090413145438857374621.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 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#20090413145438857374621.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090413145438857374621.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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