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four identical pixelated images showing a brown spiral on a cyan background with black text reading "don't try 2 fool me. I know your tricks"

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four identical pixelated images showing a brown spiral on a cyan background with black text reading "don't try 2 fool me. I know your tricks"

four identical pixelated images showing a brown spiral on a cyan background with black text reading "don't try 2 fool me. I know your tricks". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • don't try
  • 2 fool
  • me. I know
  • your
  • tricks

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708291144151068476954
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/64/64cac94531893afe09356bb5d970bc9f1f2627b5a304941ebb9c228b70bdb125.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
64cac94531893afe
SHA-256
64cac94531893afe09356bb5d970bc9f1f2627b5a304941ebb9c228b70bdb125
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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
200708291144151068476954
Archive entry
200708291144151068476954.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:42 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#200708291144151068476954.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708291144151068476954.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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