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Six heart-shaped and one beach scene graphic with text about people entering hearts, leaving footprints, and changing lives.

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Six heart-shaped and one beach scene graphic with text about people entering hearts, leaving footprints, and changing lives.

Six heart-shaped and one beach scene graphic with text about people entering hearts, leaving footprints, and changing lives. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart shapes

Visible Text

  • some people
  • come into our hearts...
  • ...and quickly go...
  • some stay a little longer...
  • and we are never the same...
  • and leave footprints in our hearts.

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081224095453783265999
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.1 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/19/198f9e24e5ad3746f0e64b2431d28ba668ab948eab0a110fe6adeecb4bcc2b88.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
198f9e24e5ad3746
SHA-256
198f9e24e5ad3746f0e64b2431d28ba668ab948eab0a110fe6adeecb4bcc2b88
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
20081224095453783265999
Archive entry
20081224095453783265999.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 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#20081224095453783265999.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081224095453783265999.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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