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Pixelated image of a figure with a lightsaber against a red background, with overlaid text about emptiness and loneliness.

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Pixelated image of a figure with a lightsaber against a red background, with overlaid text about emptiness and loneliness.

Pixelated image of a figure with a lightsaber against a red background, with overlaid text about emptiness and loneliness. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Subjects

  • figure

Visible Text

  • Emptiness is loneliness
  • and loneliness is cleanliness
  • and cleanliness is Godliness
  • and God is EMPTY
  • --Just like ME.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080728061730587260746
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/58/5879534a28a03f04c464d654816b03235d5efd02bd20432fbc67ef4735f6c78a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5879534a28a03f04
SHA-256
5879534a28a03f04c464d654816b03235d5efd02bd20432fbc67ef4735f6c78a
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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
20080728061730587260746
Archive entry
20080728061730587260746.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 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#20080728061730587260746.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080728061730587260746.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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