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Black-and-white animated icon featuring a figure with raised arms and text blocks reading "I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE," "THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME," and "M DROWNING IN THE PAIN." The animation shows the figure's pose changing across frames.

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Black-and-white animated icon featuring a figure with raised arms and text blocks reading "I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE," "THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME," and "M DROWNING IN THE PAIN." The animation shows the figure's pose changing across frames.

Black-and-white animated icon featuring a figure with raised arms and text blocks reading "I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE," "THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME," and "M DROWNING IN…

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Actions

  • raising arms

Subjects

  • figure

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  • I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE
  • THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME
  • M DROWNING IN THE PAIN
  • BREAKING DOWN AGAIN
  • LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE
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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090322182521188977987
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.3 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/66/66103da0fe6da19be8ba44ac83e29c6f950692ac34f6a820a370459d022f3a3b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
66103da0fe6da19b
SHA-256
66103da0fe6da19be8ba44ac83e29c6f950692ac34f6a820a370459d022f3a3b
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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
20090322182521188977987
Archive entry
20090322182521188977987.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#20090322182521188977987.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090322182521188977987.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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