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Blue background with yellow pixelated text and symbols repeating in a pattern, including "pain is temporary" phrases and heart icons

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Blue background with yellow pixelated text and symbols repeating in a pattern, including "pain is temporary" phrases and heart icons

Blue background with yellow pixelated text and symbols repeating in a pattern, including "pain is temporary" phrases and heart icons. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • heart icon

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  • "pain is temporary"
  • <3
  • wyf
  • '07

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200710221326591372140498
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
408 bytes
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1f/1f0d9713b0add46289f24d452c881e527958dfd3b8e429da8070ba5dc0c98d49.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1f0d9713b0add462
SHA-256
1f0d9713b0add46289f24d452c881e527958dfd3b8e429da8070ba5dc0c98d49
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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
200710221326591372140498
Archive entry
200710221326591372140498.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:51 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#200710221326591372140498.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200710221326591372140498.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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