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A pixelated image of a woman with dark hair in pigtails wearing red clothing, overlaid with blue text and small red hearts.

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A pixelated image of a woman with dark hair in pigtails wearing red clothing, overlaid with blue text and small red hearts.

A pixelated image of a woman with dark hair in pigtails wearing red clothing, overlaid with blue text and small red hearts. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • even though.
  • i know you're gone.
  • it'll never be the same..
  • I MISS YOU

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070920182915926612730
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:46 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.6 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/27/27e9fc5401c20036dc8b0d2f75e6400457518b08543265ad89225d2e4dfd489e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
27e9fc5401c20036
SHA-256
27e9fc5401c20036dc8b0d2f75e6400457518b08543265ad89225d2e4dfd489e
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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
20070920182915926612730
Archive entry
20070920182915926612730.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:46 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#20070920182915926612730.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070920182915926612730.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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