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Blue and white polka dot background with black text reading "PSHH. I was cool before you even knew what it meant" in a pixelated font.

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Blue and white polka dot background with black text reading "PSHH. I was cool before you even knew what it meant" in a pixelated font.

Blue and white polka dot background with black text reading "PSHH. I was cool before you even knew what it meant" in a pixelated font. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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  • PSHH.
  • I was cool
  • Before you
  • even knew
  • what it meant

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080707140635747445900
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
8.3 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3c/3c36c3da95108a3629b1a8747592368ff105079f1757f165fbdb0646628ceed9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3c36c3da95108a36
SHA-256
3c36c3da95108a3629b1a8747592368ff105079f1757f165fbdb0646628ceed9
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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
20080707140635747445900
Archive entry
20080707140635747445900.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 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#20080707140635747445900.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080707140635747445900.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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