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Pixelated pink text on dark blue background with a heart symbol replacing 'my' in the phrase "my heart was broken today".

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Pixelated pink text on dark blue background with a heart symbol replacing 'my' in the phrase "my heart was broken today".

Pixelated pink text on dark blue background with a heart symbol replacing 'my' in the phrase "my heart was broken today". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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Subjects

  • heart symbol

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  • y heart w❤️ay heart was
  • roken todayroken today

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080329095500377078760
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
262 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/68/68385ab78289d0ea58eaf2ac0e7ccefcdfc0fe8dbfa8cd7e4587d40b307241df.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
68385ab78289d0ea
SHA-256
68385ab78289d0ea58eaf2ac0e7ccefcdfc0fe8dbfa8cd7e4587d40b307241df
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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
20080329095500377078760
Archive entry
20080329095500377078760.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 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#20080329095500377078760.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080329095500377078760.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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