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purple cartoon faces with varied expressions, overlaid with text reading 'my icon is COOLER than yours' in multiple colors

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purple cartoon faces with varied expressions, overlaid with text reading 'my icon is COOLER than yours' in multiple colors

purple cartoon faces with varied expressions, overlaid with text reading 'my icon is COOLER than yours' in multiple colors. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • my icon is
  • COOLER
  • than yours

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804221439141130459795
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
8.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/49/49985dc234c9782de50af5cc0aa8b90fdbfaeb6615883ee3df5d1658f2e568a5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
49985dc234c9782d
SHA-256
49985dc234c9782de50af5cc0aa8b90fdbfaeb6615883ee3df5d1658f2e568a5
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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
200804221439141130459795
Archive entry
200804221439141130459795.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#200804221439141130459795.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804221439141130459795.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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