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Pixelated pink text on white background with scattered colored heart shapes, displaying phrases about waiting and someone missing you.

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Pixelated pink text on white background with scattered colored heart shapes, displaying phrases about waiting and someone missing you.

Pixelated pink text on white background with scattered colored heart shapes, displaying phrases about waiting and someone missing you. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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  • I've been waiting my whole life
  • for someone to say you miss me

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090401202142646067638
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.8 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/17/1714b6cc4ee999ae43f624a0de28d5afc1af8866c833c8b00b4e45953bf43736.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1714b6cc4ee999ae
SHA-256
1714b6cc4ee999ae43f624a0de28d5afc1af8866c833c8b00b4e45953bf43736
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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
20090401202142646067638
Archive entry
20090401202142646067638.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#20090401202142646067638.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090401202142646067638.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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