Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
six with text overlays on a blurred green and gray background, each displaying distinct phrases about emotional distress

Permanent icon record

six with text overlays on a blurred green and gray background, each displaying distinct phrases about emotional distress

six with text overlays on a blurred green and gray background, each displaying distinct phrases about emotional distress. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Visible Text

  • She's all alone again.
  • Wiping the tears from her eyes
  • Some days she feels like dying.
  • she gets so sick of crying.
  • Some days it's not worth trying She cries
  • 'Give me novacaine to ease my pain'

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080915071722390551888
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/09/09aedb6147f985952ff7e3c7b3bb377f2621b0ef57ef6606d43f7362343b01c8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
09aedb6147f98595
SHA-256
09aedb6147f985952ff7e3c7b3bb377f2621b0ef57ef6606d43f7362343b01c8
Full source records (1)

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
20080915071722390551888
Archive entry
20080915071722390551888.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#20080915071722390551888.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080915071722390551888.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

View the complete metadata record (JSON)