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Pixelated cow head with black and white patches on a white background, next to yellow text reading "MY FRIENDS ARE..." and "WILD!!! CRAZY!! LOVING!! SUPER AWSOME!! AND I GUESS THAT WHY I <3 LOVE <3 THEM!!!"

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Pixelated cow head with black and white patches on a white background, next to yellow text reading "MY FRIENDS ARE..." and "WILD!!! CRAZY!! LOVING!! SUPER AWSOME!! AND I GUESS THAT WHY I <3 LOVE <3 THEM!!!"

Pixelated cow head with black and white patches on a white background, next to yellow text reading "MY FRIENDS ARE..." and "WILD!!! CRAZY!! LOVING!! SUPER AWSOME!! AND I GUESS THA…

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  • MY FRIENDS ARE...
  • WILD!!!
  • CRAZY!!
  • LOVING!!
  • SUPER
  • AWSOME!!
  • AND I
  • GUESS THAT
  • WHY I
  • <3 LOVE <
  • THEM!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812281117151198131554
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/36/36f3a5f91ee11f1997a3c881504c430df99d858bcc5cf88a7c9ad4ffba1b219c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
36f3a5f91ee11f19
SHA-256
36f3a5f91ee11f1997a3c881504c430df99d858bcc5cf88a7c9ad4ffba1b219c
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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
200812281117151198131554
Archive entry
200812281117151198131554.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 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#200812281117151198131554.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812281117151198131554.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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