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Pixelated fireworks display on dark background with cyan text reading "the ones that are worth crying for will never make you cry".

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Pixelated fireworks display on dark background with cyan text reading "the ones that are worth crying for will never make you cry".

Pixelated fireworks display on dark background with cyan text reading "the ones that are worth crying for will never make you cry". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • the ones that are worth crying for
  • will never make you cry

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080805183353354518038
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/32/32b48828677879b564b211bc94c1cfcc3c3bc87267eeef913fa8cba1f44a25d7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
32b48828677879b5
SHA-256
32b48828677879b564b211bc94c1cfcc3c3bc87267eeef913fa8cba1f44a25d7
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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
20080805183353354518038
Archive entry
20080805183353354518038.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#20080805183353354518038.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080805183353354518038.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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