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Pixelated pink hearts float against black background with white text reading 'tears are the words' on left and 'the heart can't say' on right.

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Pixelated pink hearts float against black background with white text reading 'tears are the words' on left and 'the heart can't say' on right.

Pixelated pink hearts float against black background with white text reading 'tears are the words' on left and 'the heart can't say' on right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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  • tears
  • are
  • the
  • words
  • heart
  • can't
  • say

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200710110011551268328631
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/62/622ee0c73242ab89bb77e0c17853d53d9472d6e983a921264a0f561b45fd3864.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
622ee0c73242ab89
SHA-256
622ee0c73242ab89bb77e0c17853d53d9472d6e983a921264a0f561b45fd3864
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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
200710110011551268328631
Archive entry
200710110011551268328631.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 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#200710110011551268328631.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200710110011551268328631.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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