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Green pixelated text on black background reads "Try Being COOL cuz It DONT WORK" with red heart symbol, repeated in

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Green pixelated text on black background reads "Try Being COOL cuz It DONT WORK" with red heart symbol, repeated in

Green pixelated text on black background reads "Try Being COOL cuz It DONT WORK" with red heart symbol, repeated in. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Franks…

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  • red heart symbol

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  • Try Being COOL
  • cuz It
  • DONT
  • WORK

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200910180839461513946872
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
410 bytes
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ae/aeed3f7efbd47161c78f17a59c0a0e44318dc81d772928b343429b1030fa1eb9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
aeed3f7efbd47161
SHA-256
aeed3f7efbd47161c78f17a59c0a0e44318dc81d772928b343429b1030fa1eb9
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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
200910180839461513946872
Archive entry
200910180839461513946872.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 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#200910180839461513946872.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200910180839461513946872.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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