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Pixelated horse image on white background with blue text reading 'I run into walls' and 'mayaiscool', purple with 'Don't follow in my footsteps'

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Pixelated horse image on white background with blue text reading 'I run into walls' and 'mayaiscool', purple with 'Don't follow in my footsteps'

Pixelated horse image on white background with blue text reading 'I run into walls' and 'mayaiscool', purple with 'Don't follow in my footsteps'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • horse

Visible Text

  • Don't follow in my footsteps
  • in my
  • footsteps
  • I run into walls
  • mayaiscool

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20110605165405427125179
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f2/f27ff7e552782d44a3e892bd18f3f1f2de59fd96016e467a81311516db093ca9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f27ff7e552782d44
SHA-256
f27ff7e552782d44a3e892bd18f3f1f2de59fd96016e467a81311516db093ca9
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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
20110605165405427125179
Archive entry
20110605165405427125179.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 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#20110605165405427125179.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20110605165405427125179.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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