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A person with long dark hair in a brown vest and white shirt holds up a black sign reading "be cool" against a light purple background.

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A person with long dark hair in a brown vest and white shirt holds up a black sign reading "be cool" against a light purple background.

A person with long dark hair in a brown vest and white shirt holds up a black sign reading "be cool" against a light purple background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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  • be cool
  • bells joe
  • I guess ur
  • cool now
  • andrea

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809261853291176265637
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.6 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fd/fd082d55bc018c037aeef69ef67ea96b2bf4598246ec92c89372d3d7db5fe5aa.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fd082d55bc018c03
SHA-256
fd082d55bc018c037aeef69ef67ea96b2bf4598246ec92c89372d3d7db5fe5aa
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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
200809261853291176265637
Archive entry
200809261853291176265637.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#200809261853291176265637.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809261853291176265637.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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