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Blue background with white star and arrow, text reads 'my parent said I could be anything I wanted sooo I became an ASSHOLE'

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Blue background with white star and arrow, text reads 'my parent said I could be anything I wanted sooo I became an ASSHOLE'

Blue background with white star and arrow, text reads 'my parent said I could be anything I wanted sooo I became an ASSHOLE'. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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  • my parent said I
  • could be anything i wanted
  • sooo i became an ASSHOLE

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080118192204413271074
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/43/43e3d496f1f7736ccbb3432d55b98fd3e87a7bfb0b9f21c7854ebd8eda51f59c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
43e3d496f1f7736c
SHA-256
43e3d496f1f7736ccbb3432d55b98fd3e87a7bfb0b9f21c7854ebd8eda51f59c
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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
20080118192204413271074
Archive entry
20080118192204413271074.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#20080118192204413271074.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080118192204413271074.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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