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six pixelated images with text overlays: top-left shows a character's head with 'Why does', center-top is a hooded figure with 'Love to me', right-top has a yellow figure with 'seem', bottom-left features a yellow character in bed with 'so', center-bottom displays a skull with 'Unreal', and the sixth is blank

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six pixelated images with text overlays: top-left shows a character's head with 'Why does', center-top is a hooded figure with 'Love to me', right-top has a yellow figure with 'seem', bottom-left features a yellow character in bed with 'so', center-bottom displays a skull with 'Unreal', and the sixth is blank

six pixelated images with text overlays: top-left shows a character's head with 'Why does', center-top is a hooded figure with 'Love to me', right-top has a yellow figure with 'se…

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Style

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Objects

  • text box
  • flower

Subjects

  • skull

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  • Why does
  • Love to me
  • seem
  • so
  • Unreal

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804051710321387881930
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.8 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6f/6fef69be61292e18b9502415b37dfbf510aa9d90a2941fee28de15b7e4131729.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6fef69be61292e18
SHA-256
6fef69be61292e18b9502415b37dfbf510aa9d90a2941fee28de15b7e4131729
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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
200804051710321387881930
Archive entry
200804051710321387881930.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:22 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#200804051710321387881930.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804051710321387881930.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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