Permanent icon record
16 identical square icons with black backgrounds, each displaying text 'i'm a failure by design' in cyan and pink pixelated font with a cyan border
16 identical square icons with black backgrounds, each displaying text 'i'm a failure by design' in cyan and pink pixelated font with a cyan border. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy i…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository
- Source title
- iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE BY DESIGN
- Category
- IconHell/Music
- Era
- Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 13:53 UTC
Internet Archive IconHell Buddy Icons RAR
- Source title
- iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE BY DESIGN
- Category
- buddy_icons
- Era
- Early-2000s Icon Directory Culture
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:56 UTC
Wayback CDX IconHell Domain GIF Captures
- Source title
- iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE%20BY%20DESIGN
- Category
- buddy icons
- Era
- Mid-2000s Icon/Avatar Gallery
- Observed
- September 11, 2026 at 23:19 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 3.6 KB
- Motion
- Animated (16 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/8e/8efa13ddf205b029b5c2e898f603c114e491f8b7f8e431d3b008df25bf609c43.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- 8efa13ddf205b029
- SHA-256
- 8efa13ddf205b029b5c2e898f603c114e491f8b7f8e431d3b008df25bf609c43
Full source records (3)
Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository (github-hmmnd0-historical-buddy-icon-repository)
- Kind
- local-directory
- Era
- Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
- Type
- public Git mirror containing four organized historical AIM buddy-icon site collections
- Category
- IconHell/Music
- Title
- iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE BY DESIGN
- Archive entry
- IconHell/Music/iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE BY DESIGN.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 13:53 UTC
- Rights
- mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- cross-sectional archive of Badass Buddy, CoolBuddy, dollbuddieicons, and IconHell collections spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, holidays, sports, relationships, pride, dolls, and internet culture
Original: https://www.iconhell.com/#IconHell%2FMusic%2Ficonhell_bluexaries_FAILURE%20BY%20DESIGN.gif Download: https://www.iconhell.com/#IconHell%2FMusic%2Ficonhell_bluexaries_FAILURE%20BY%20DESIGN.gif Page: https://github.com/Hmmnd0/buddy-icon-repository
Internet Archive IconHell Buddy Icons RAR (internet-archive-iconhell-buddy-icons-rar)
- Kind
- local-directory
- Era
- Early-2000s Icon Directory Culture
- Type
- Internet Archive RAR preservation explicitly containing IconHell buddy icons
- Category
- buddy_icons
- Title
- iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE BY DESIGN
- Archive entry
- buddy_icons/iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE BY DESIGN.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:56 UTC
- Rights
- mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large cross-sectional IconHell collection spanning fandom, identity, humor, music, celebrities, animation, and internet culture
Original: https://archive.org/download/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives/IconHell%20Buddy%20Icons.rar#buddy_icons%2Ficonhell_bluexaries_FAILURE%20BY%20DESIGN.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives/IconHell%20Buddy%20Icons.rar#buddy_icons%2Ficonhell_bluexaries_FAILURE%20BY%20DESIGN.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives
Wayback CDX IconHell Domain GIF Captures (wayback-iconhell-domain-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Icon/Avatar Gallery
- Type
- Wayback historical icon-gallery domain crawl
- Category
- buddy icons
- Alt
- iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE%20BY%20DESIGN
- Observed
- September 11, 2026 at 23:19 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large general icon gallery with likely AIM-sized icon and avatar material
Original: http://iconhell.com/buddy_icons/iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE%20BY%20DESIGN.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20160411211306id_/http://iconhell.com/buddy_icons/iconhell_bluexaries_FAILURE%20BY%20DESIGN.gif