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Purple text bubbles on a dark floral background display phrases about parental advice, with one bubble missing in the bottom-right corner.

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Purple text bubbles on a dark floral background display phrases about parental advice, with one bubble missing in the bottom-right corner.

Purple text bubbles on a dark floral background display phrases about parental advice, with one bubble missing in the bottom-right corner. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • the first part of your life
  • your parents teach you to
  • walk and talk
  • the rest of your life they tell you 2
  • sit down
  • shut up

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803251010541866264321
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.9 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ec/ec29d1b072bee2df929dd19e158644a0f63343143a8cedc1661a81df9867707f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ec29d1b072bee2df
SHA-256
ec29d1b072bee2df929dd19e158644a0f63343143a8cedc1661a81df9867707f
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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
200803251010541866264321
Archive entry
200803251010541866264321.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 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#200803251010541866264321.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803251010541866264321.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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