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Black-and-white close-up of a tear falling from an eye, paired with pixelated text asking if this is what love looks like because it doesn't seem fun.

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Black-and-white close-up of a tear falling from an eye, paired with pixelated text asking if this is what love looks like because it doesn't seem fun.

Black-and-white close-up of a tear falling from an eye, paired with pixelated text asking if this is what love looks like because it doesn't seem fun. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy…

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  • is this what love is like?
  • cause it doesn't look fun

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200902051441371056671491
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4c/4cbf0c35181071b6ffd3c623e6fb2a62614e0684cb869191afb739558bb0d3e9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4cbf0c35181071b6
SHA-256
4cbf0c35181071b6ffd3c623e6fb2a62614e0684cb869191afb739558bb0d3e9
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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
200902051441371056671491
Archive entry
200902051441371056671491.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 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#200902051441371056671491.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200902051441371056671491.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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