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Pixelated image of a person with curly light brown hair wearing a white shirt with black collar, set against red background with text.

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Pixelated image of a person with curly light brown hair wearing a white shirt with black collar, set against red background with text.

Pixelated image of a person with curly light brown hair wearing a white shirt with black collar, set against red background with text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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  • can you bring me my chapstick?
  • but my lips hurt real bad!
  • No Napoleon.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080103100345889562984
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f3/f38a5c634294c474bca87bb799115814892ac623f62297b1182cac60da349da1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f38a5c634294c474
SHA-256
f38a5c634294c474bca87bb799115814892ac623f62297b1182cac60da349da1
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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
20080103100345889562984
Archive entry
20080103100345889562984.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 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#20080103100345889562984.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080103100345889562984.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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