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Blue background with white stars and yellow pixelated text reading 'STB c'uz we are BETTER THAN YOU!!' in four identical quadrants.

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Blue background with white stars and yellow pixelated text reading 'STB c'uz we are BETTER THAN YOU!!' in four identical quadrants.

Blue background with white stars and yellow pixelated text reading 'STB c'uz we are BETTER THAN YOU!!' in four identical quadrants. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • STB
  • c'uz we are
  • BETTER
  • THAN
  • YOU!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200903071300221565734550
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/11/11703b208d4fc10fa47dc1ee310cdfd67f25a422f273afa4843c7bb4be840032.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
11703b208d4fc10f
SHA-256
11703b208d4fc10fa47dc1ee310cdfd67f25a422f273afa4843c7bb4be840032
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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
200903071300221565734550
Archive entry
200903071300221565734550.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#200903071300221565734550.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903071300221565734550.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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