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Red broken heart icon with text stating 'for every girl there is a boy with a glue gun' in pixelated red font on white background.

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Red broken heart icon with text stating 'for every girl there is a boy with a glue gun' in pixelated red font on white background.

Red broken heart icon with text stating 'for every girl there is a boy with a glue gun' in pixelated red font on white background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • for every girl
  • with a broken heart
  • there is a boy with a glue gun

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804120839381089838781
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/17/17fc35d2da1f1df41b6aec81998e5b623bccc84ce672390c8bac01f292ec4b2a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
17fc35d2da1f1df4
SHA-256
17fc35d2da1f1df41b6aec81998e5b623bccc84ce672390c8bac01f292ec4b2a
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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
200804120839381089838781
Archive entry
200804120839381089838781.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 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#200804120839381089838781.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804120839381089838781.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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