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Pixelated text in bright pink on a green-to-blue gradient background, arranged in four identical quadrants with repeated phrases.

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Pixelated text in bright pink on a green-to-blue gradient background, arranged in four identical quadrants with repeated phrases.

Pixelated text in bright pink on a green-to-blue gradient background, arranged in four identical quadrants with repeated phrases. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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  • be a loser be a loser
  • cause
  • being cool is
  • sooo
  • overloaded

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090603181407987291031
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2c/2c6cc1748a0c017ee8b21f11d342c85d9c84ce0db3623d03640f8a27fff366d8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2c6cc1748a0c017e
SHA-256
2c6cc1748a0c017ee8b21f11d342c85d9c84ce0db3623d03640f8a27fff366d8
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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
20090603181407987291031
Archive entry
20090603181407987291031.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#20090603181407987291031.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090603181407987291031.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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