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A person in a gray hoodie and blue jeans sits on train tracks with text overlays, transitioning from partial to full visibility of the figure.

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A person in a gray hoodie and blue jeans sits on train tracks with text overlays, transitioning from partial to full visibility of the figure.

A person in a gray hoodie and blue jeans sits on train tracks with text overlays, transitioning from partial to full visibility of the figure. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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Action

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Mood

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Source terms

Actions

  • raising arms

Style

  • text-overlaid

Visible Text

  • sometimes some
  • we have to people
  • accept that we going to
  • be in our
  • even if
  • in
  • we aren't
  • THEIRS
  • hearts
  • FOREVER:

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807021023561188513436
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:32 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
8.8 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1b/1bc56a1d3ef4901729a6b11228ee2c235522b3b639563fc14db4a6045c2f2dbc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1bc56a1d3ef49017
SHA-256
1bc56a1d3ef4901729a6b11228ee2c235522b3b639563fc14db4a6045c2f2dbc
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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
200807021023561188513436
Archive entry
200807021023561188513436.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:32 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#200807021023561188513436.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807021023561188513436.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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