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Purple background with repeated text and symbols in lighter purple, including 'tear myself', 'ds to prov', 'meone i co', 'never be.<3', and plus signs.

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Purple background with repeated text and symbols in lighter purple, including 'tear myself', 'ds to prov', 'meone i co', 'never be.<3', and plus signs.

Purple background with repeated text and symbols in lighter purple, including 'tear myself', 'ds to prov', 'meone i co', 'never be.<3', and plus signs. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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  • tear myself
  • ds to prov
  • meone i co
  • never be.<3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090730153444619908049
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
706 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2e/2e27701b493b9c7e2a75d2c39b93352b70b0caa193160b46beb1bac5b369ed6b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2e27701b493b9c7e
SHA-256
2e27701b493b9c7e2a75d2c39b93352b70b0caa193160b46beb1bac5b369ed6b
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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
20090730153444619908049
Archive entry
20090730153444619908049.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:01 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#20090730153444619908049.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090730153444619908049.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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