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six pixelated showing a person with long dark hair and light streaks, wearing a dark jacket over a shirt, against a white background

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six pixelated showing a person with long dark hair and light streaks, wearing a dark jacket over a shirt, against a white background

six pixelated showing a person with long dark hair and light streaks, wearing a dark jacket over a shirt, against a white background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • text overlay

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  • there's no real love in you
  • why do i keep loving you?
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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200909041727391438305381
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
10.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/35/3594ffe56e2587a4cb41f360c965df9bca57ed0af3543ef7692b81351ab21021.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3594ffe56e2587a4
SHA-256
3594ffe56e2587a4cb41f360c965df9bca57ed0af3543ef7692b81351ab21021
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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
200909041727391438305381
Archive entry
200909041727391438305381.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#200909041727391438305381.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200909041727391438305381.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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