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six showing hands forming a heart shape with sand, overlaid with text reading "It's the way you make me LAUGH when I don't even want to SMILE"

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six showing hands forming a heart shape with sand, overlaid with text reading "It's the way you make me LAUGH when I don't even want to SMILE"

six showing hands forming a heart shape with sand, overlaid with text reading "It's the way you make me LAUGH when I don't even want to SMILE". Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart shape

Style

  • text overlay

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  • It's the way you
  • make me LAUGH
  • when I don't even
  • want to
  • SMILE

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805311210321501032590
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
8.1 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/53/53e560a30fda976a3ac33eaf110a38977d4ebc24b6d350e8ccf0ff8b03cbe260.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
53e560a30fda976a
SHA-256
53e560a30fda976a3ac33eaf110a38977d4ebc24b6d350e8ccf0ff8b03cbe260
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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
200805311210321501032590
Archive entry
200805311210321501032590.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#200805311210321501032590.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805311210321501032590.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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