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six showing a close-up of an eye with purple irises and silver-gray eyelashes, overlaid with black text in white lettering

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six showing a close-up of an eye with purple irises and silver-gray eyelashes, overlaid with black text in white lettering

six showing a close-up of an eye with purple irises and silver-gray eyelashes, overlaid with black text in white lettering. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Source terms

Style

  • text-overlaid

Visible Text

  • Promise not to tell?
  • But....
  • I cry every night
  • because he's not
  • there for me.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080623094557144435951
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
8.6 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/64/6467a69fabaedb0a9736341a2e99da5352d940a492f45cc4b7b51dcd3de9d167.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6467a69fabaedb0a
SHA-256
6467a69fabaedb0a9736341a2e99da5352d940a492f45cc4b7b51dcd3de9d167
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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
20080623094557144435951
Archive entry
20080623094557144435951.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 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#20080623094557144435951.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080623094557144435951.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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