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Four black square with red borders display pixelated text 'life sucks... and then you die.' Each shows different heart symbol states

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Four black square with red borders display pixelated text 'life sucks... and then you die.' Each shows different heart symbol states

Four black square with red borders display pixelated text 'life sucks... and then you die.' Each shows different heart symbol states. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • heart symbol

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  • life
  • sucks...
  • and then
  • you
  • die.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200810191455451644873852
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/30/30d1b47636f5694ade904fcd407d8e8111dddb9b78afa2731fac96cc0b2f55cf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
30d1b47636f5694a
SHA-256
30d1b47636f5694ade904fcd407d8e8111dddb9b78afa2731fac96cc0b2f55cf
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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
200810191455451644873852
Archive entry
200810191455451644873852.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#200810191455451644873852.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200810191455451644873852.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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