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Yellow background with green text reading 'he's like da lighter to my ciggerette' and heart symbols changing across frames.

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Yellow background with green text reading 'he's like da lighter to my ciggerette' and heart symbols changing across frames.

Yellow background with green text reading 'he's like da lighter to my ciggerette' and heart symbols changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • heart symbol

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  • text-based icon

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  • he's like da lighter to my ciggerette

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070913193102626005892
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
460 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/32/324aa5bc89e2b4ffe1cd1c70637935ad41d36c7c7c0ad6ea0b847911a702af4d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
324aa5bc89e2b4ff
SHA-256
324aa5bc89e2b4ffe1cd1c70637935ad41d36c7c7c0ad6ea0b847911a702af4d
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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
20070913193102626005892
Archive entry
20070913193102626005892.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:45 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#20070913193102626005892.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070913193102626005892.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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