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Green pixelated text on orange background reads 'Boys to know life stinks get over it' with gray rectangle on right side.

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Green pixelated text on orange background reads 'Boys to know life stinks get over it' with gray rectangle on right side.

Green pixelated text on orange background reads 'Boys to know life stinks get over it' with gray rectangle on right side. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • Boys
  • are
  • to
  • stupid
  • get
  • over
  • it
  • to know
  • life
  • stinks

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901301842451909083207
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/34/34e91427d5159f5805cb3ef98285d0131388841dfd5afefab1e2b2397b4b8532.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
34e91427d5159f58
SHA-256
34e91427d5159f5805cb3ef98285d0131388841dfd5afefab1e2b2397b4b8532
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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
200901301842451909083207
Archive entry
200901301842451909083207.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 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#200901301842451909083207.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901301842451909083207.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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