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A pixelated chocolate chip cookie image with red text on black background reading "NOTE TO SELF: join the Dark Side cuz they have cookies".

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A pixelated chocolate chip cookie image with red text on black background reading "NOTE TO SELF: join the Dark Side cuz they have cookies".

A pixelated chocolate chip cookie image with red text on black background reading "NOTE TO SELF: join the Dark Side cuz they have cookies". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • NOTE TO SELF:
  • join the Dark Side
  • cuz they have cookies

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709301255191372295913
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6b/6bc78c925b280f1e1d80628a5e0d713b9f4cac8139297d5ce2543753ba920fcd.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6bc78c925b280f1e
SHA-256
6bc78c925b280f1e1d80628a5e0d713b9f4cac8139297d5ce2543753ba920fcd
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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
200709301255191372295913
Archive entry
200709301255191372295913.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 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#200709301255191372295913.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709301255191372295913.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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