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Red text repeats 'out of the fire an into the fire again' on black background with white heart symbols and '<3' emoticons scattered throughout.

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Red text repeats 'out of the fire an into the fire again' on black background with white heart symbols and '<3' emoticons scattered throughout.

Red text repeats 'out of the fire an into the fire again' on black background with white heart symbols and '<3' emoticons scattered throughout. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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  • heart symbols

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  • out of the fire an into the fire again
  • <3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080101160010478409086
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
447 bytes
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/12/122769a20c94e5ef206243ef5447f21db83bd38244516c97262dced6e88cc075.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
122769a20c94e5ef
SHA-256
122769a20c94e5ef206243ef5447f21db83bd38244516c97262dced6e88cc075
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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
20080101160010478409086
Archive entry
20080101160010478409086.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 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#20080101160010478409086.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080101160010478409086.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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