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Black background with white pixelated text reading "Life Without Friends is Like a Broken Pencil Absolutely Pointless" and three heart symbols.

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Black background with white pixelated text reading "Life Without Friends is Like a Broken Pencil Absolutely Pointless" and three heart symbols.

Black background with white pixelated text reading "Life Without Friends is Like a Broken Pencil Absolutely Pointless" and three heart symbols. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Subjects

  • heart symbols

Visible Text

  • Life
  • Without
  • Friends
  • is Like
  • a Broken
  • Pencil
  • Absolutely
  • Pointless

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200710111815561163168989
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.8 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2a/2a71bc703c519fa299b8f2a8cafc70ba56b355a8f234447e35d5aa8e65729b56.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2a71bc703c519fa2
SHA-256
2a71bc703c519fa299b8f2a8cafc70ba56b355a8f234447e35d5aa8e65729b56
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
200710111815561163168989
Archive entry
200710111815561163168989.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 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#200710111815561163168989.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200710111815561163168989.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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