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Black background with white pixelated text reading "I wish I was an only child. Really!" and a yellow heart symbol replacing the 'h' in "wish".

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Black background with white pixelated text reading "I wish I was an only child. Really!" and a yellow heart symbol replacing the 'h' in "wish".

Black background with white pixelated text reading "I wish I was an only child. Really!" and a yellow heart symbol replacing the 'h' in "wish". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • I wish
  • I was an
  • only
  • child.
  • Really!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070811151911550429266
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
294 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/49/493f189fbbd6439344fe036cb0ebfa4c66c34f8aff429c9c0345eee154f276e6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
493f189fbbd64393
SHA-256
493f189fbbd6439344fe036cb0ebfa4c66c34f8aff429c9c0345eee154f276e6
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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
20070811151911550429266
Archive entry
20070811151911550429266.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 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#20070811151911550429266.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070811151911550429266.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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