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A black background displays repeated white text 'Why do you do this to me?' with red heart and arrow symbols changing across frames.

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A black background displays repeated white text 'Why do you do this to me?' with red heart and arrow symbols changing across frames.

A black background displays repeated white text 'Why do you do this to me?' with red heart and arrow symbols changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • heart symbol

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  • heart symbols

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  • Why do you do this to me?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801131409171123275816
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (7 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6d/6d8f1bf80d8ea2645d46a23c0792cd2ae36c9b29874e99d8631a1cac93a3e878.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6d8f1bf80d8ea264
SHA-256
6d8f1bf80d8ea2645d46a23c0792cd2ae36c9b29874e99d8631a1cac93a3e878
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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
200801131409171123275816
Archive entry
200801131409171123275816.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#200801131409171123275816.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801131409171123275816.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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