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Pixelated text on black background with red glitch effects, repeating 'come to the dark side' and 'we have cookies' in white block letters.

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Pixelated text on black background with red glitch effects, repeating 'come to the dark side' and 'we have cookies' in white block letters.

Pixelated text on black background with red glitch effects, repeating 'come to the dark side' and 'we have cookies' in white block letters. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • come to 'thecome to 'the
  • dark side' dark side
  • .........
  • we have we have
  • cookies cookies!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803141423301032819817
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
693 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/43/433b81969d8a0b47e19bc45ec0e3f1ace6074edf4588735a9df6abad5771f0c8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
433b81969d8a0b47
SHA-256
433b81969d8a0b47e19bc45ec0e3f1ace6074edf4588735a9df6abad5771f0c8
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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
200803141423301032819817
Archive entry
200803141423301032819817.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:18 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#200803141423301032819817.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803141423301032819817.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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