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Green background with pink concentric circles and blue text reading 'if u need a hug my arms r always there 4 u' in four identical quadrants.

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Green background with pink concentric circles and blue text reading 'if u need a hug my arms r always there 4 u' in four identical quadrants.

Green background with pink concentric circles and blue text reading 'if u need a hug my arms r always there 4 u' in four identical quadrants. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • if u need
  • a hug
  • my arms r
  • always
  • there 4 u

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080102084808511087927
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3b/3b956b44e4b02a1bd8deeeda0a654707e15f9f40a1ab50494bb963fd1b625d4b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3b956b44e4b02a1b
SHA-256
3b956b44e4b02a1bd8deeeda0a654707e15f9f40a1ab50494bb963fd1b625d4b
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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
20080102084808511087927
Archive entry
20080102084808511087927.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 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#20080102084808511087927.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080102084808511087927.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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