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Black background with white pixelated text and a red heart symbol replacing the 'a' in 'hint' across multiple lines of text.

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Black background with white pixelated text and a red heart symbol replacing the 'a' in 'hint' across multiple lines of text.

Black background with white pixelated text and a red heart symbol replacing the 'a' in 'hint' across multiple lines of text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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  • I hint @ I hint @
  • wat i want wat i want
  • u 2 say sou 2 say so
  • i don't havi don't hav
  • 2 say it 4u2 say it 4u

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806291611311739086450
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:32 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
337 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/48/486df2f807dfdc56230bcc5ec4a19bbc5c076b4d24cbb1fd016b80783a602afc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
486df2f807dfdc56
SHA-256
486df2f807dfdc56230bcc5ec4a19bbc5c076b4d24cbb1fd016b80783a602afc
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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
200806291611311739086450
Archive entry
200806291611311739086450.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:32 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#200806291611311739086450.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806291611311739086450.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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