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Pixelated text on a white background with green and blue heart patterns, displaying a shy romantic message with a sad emoticon.

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Pixelated text on a white background with green and blue heart patterns, displaying a shy romantic message with a sad emoticon.

Pixelated text on a white background with green and blue heart patterns, displaying a shy romantic message with a sad emoticon. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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  • i see you for you
  • but you look right past ME
  • like i'm not HERE
  • =:(

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711281737072008036511
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/06/067c4d1be2ed6d7475a84fe144f94d99a361ca45bfd12cebec8d68aea539cf66.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
067c4d1be2ed6d74
SHA-256
067c4d1be2ed6d7475a84fe144f94d99a361ca45bfd12cebec8d68aea539cf66
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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
200711281737072008036511
Archive entry
200711281737072008036511.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 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#200711281737072008036511.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711281737072008036511.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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