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A pixelated text-based animation with black outlined white letters on a white background, displaying two phrases about broken hearts and mirrors.

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A pixelated text-based animation with black outlined white letters on a white background, displaying two phrases about broken hearts and mirrors.

A pixelated text-based animation with black outlined white letters on a white background, displaying two phrases about broken hearts and mirrors. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • a broken heart is like a broken than hurt yourself trying to fix it <3
  • mirror. it's better to leave broken
  • leave broken

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081004121847350865416
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/07/07d367a7631b8506c7f9d00838ceaa97115d153149c4a04fae522552f03beb02.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
07d367a7631b8506
SHA-256
07d367a7631b8506c7f9d00838ceaa97115d153149c4a04fae522552f03beb02
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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
20081004121847350865416
Archive entry
20081004121847350865416.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#20081004121847350865416.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081004121847350865416.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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