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Red background with dark blue pixelated text reading "who needs guys when god gave us dogs" and a white heart symbol replacing the 's' in needs.

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Red background with dark blue pixelated text reading "who needs guys when god gave us dogs" and a white heart symbol replacing the 's' in needs.

Red background with dark blue pixelated text reading "who needs guys when god gave us dogs" and a white heart symbol replacing the 's' in needs. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • heart symbol

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  • who needs
  • guys when
  • god gave
  • us dogs

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090715133735935497859
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
313 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/04/04bc9006548a69ab3f8a24538e4a824cf74c672ca0350c1b5c04b0f67adeb970.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
04bc9006548a69ab
SHA-256
04bc9006548a69ab3f8a24538e4a824cf74c672ca0350c1b5c04b0f67adeb970
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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
20090715133735935497859
Archive entry
20090715133735935497859.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090715133735935497859.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090715133735935497859.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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