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Pink background with white pixelated text reading "Life was much easier when boys had cooties" repeated twice, two black pixel hearts below.

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Pink background with white pixelated text reading "Life was much easier when boys had cooties" repeated twice, two black pixel hearts below.

Pink background with white pixelated text reading "Life was much easier when boys had cooties" repeated twice, two black pixel hearts below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • Life was
  • much easiemuch easier
  • when boys when boys
  • had cootieshad cooties

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807071532201830906298
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
309 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/86/868c1e124c372c2af66f9c6d2441d6fdcefd026fae060a3f80835bb14b59aa81.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
868c1e124c372c2a
SHA-256
868c1e124c372c2af66f9c6d2441d6fdcefd026fae060a3f80835bb14b59aa81
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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
200807071532201830906298
Archive entry
200807071532201830906298.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 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#200807071532201830906298.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807071532201830906298.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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