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Pixelated pink starfish with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents on a white background.

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Pixelated pink starfish with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents on a white background.

Pixelated pink starfish with wide eyes and open mouth, wearing yellow shorts with purple accents on a white background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • If I saw that guy I'd say to him
  • like
  • you and are and
  • a jerk

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200810121054021940380735
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f5/f5552a753b312fcf89bc1a565bbac5e76e85f345ff880a7acc36131b513cde71.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f5552a753b312fcf
SHA-256
f5552a753b312fcf89bc1a565bbac5e76e85f345ff880a7acc36131b513cde71
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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
200810121054021940380735
Archive entry
200810121054021940380735.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#200810121054021940380735.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200810121054021940380735.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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