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Blue text fragments overlay a grayscale image of two people embracing, with partial phrases about loneliness and sad dreams visible.

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Blue text fragments overlay a grayscale image of two people embracing, with partial phrases about loneliness and sad dreams visible.

Blue text fragments overlay a grayscale image of two people embracing, with partial phrases about loneliness and sad dreams visible. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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There's this very lonely girl that lives all by herself up in but sad the sky dreams all she has the time nothing it's because she can never is keep be happy-dw

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080819125048488202190
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.8 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/28/28ccba8d51419a7e39f989ebcc14d7a654688ce3c5d817242fa0e65a6233b224.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
28ccba8d51419a7e
SHA-256
28ccba8d51419a7e39f989ebcc14d7a654688ce3c5d817242fa0e65a6233b224
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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
20080819125048488202190
Archive entry
20080819125048488202190.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 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#20080819125048488202190.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080819125048488202190.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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