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Blue background with purple gradient center displaying pixelated text reading "LIFE was so much easier when had..... c0oTies!!" in four identical

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Blue background with purple gradient center displaying pixelated text reading "LIFE was so much easier when had..... c0oTies!!" in four identical

Blue background with purple gradient center displaying pixelated text reading "LIFE was so much easier when had..... c0oTies!!" in four identical. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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  • LIFE
  • was so much
  • easier when
  • had.....
  • c0oTies!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080316122413229339860
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
5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/79/79a961dd91cebff5e9651093a3fb32da9bcd18686c7822613336ac9f1e27c2b5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
79a961dd91cebff5
SHA-256
79a961dd91cebff5e9651093a3fb32da9bcd18686c7822613336ac9f1e27c2b5
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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
20080316122413229339860
Archive entry
20080316122413229339860.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#20080316122413229339860.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080316122413229339860.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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