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Pixelated blue text on white background with black outline, featuring multiple speech bubbles containing phrases about boys and cooties.

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Pixelated blue text on white background with black outline, featuring multiple speech bubbles containing phrases about boys and cooties.

Pixelated blue text on white background with black outline, featuring multiple speech bubbles containing phrases about boys and cooties. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • LIFE WAS SOOOOOO much easier when boys hadou never know COOTIES!
  • Boys are like chocolate c... tempting...but you never know what's inside
  • Boys are like public bathroom...other than all of shit

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906081342541536072230
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8e/8e535bab322eedc4f64610cfee8504a5c9ea369f28172619c80582916ca67bb8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8e535bab322eedc4
SHA-256
8e535bab322eedc4f64610cfee8504a5c9ea369f28172619c80582916ca67bb8
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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
200906081342541536072230
Archive entry
200906081342541536072230.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#200906081342541536072230.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906081342541536072230.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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