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Blue text fragments on a dark background with orange and purple gradients, displaying partial phrases about falling and stopping.

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Blue text fragments on a dark background with orange and purple gradients, displaying partial phrases about falling and stopping.

Blue text fragments on a dark background with orange and purple gradients, displaying partial phrases about falling and stopping. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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  • It's a long way to fall and I'm falling
  • I don't want to fall I don't want to die
  • i tell myself
  • It's not the fall falling doesn't hurt
  • It's when you stop...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080901180430303370600
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
7.2 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/75/751016eec2befe9b499a285b6eac049769f7df239a2e32a78907c0a0810b32fe.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
751016eec2befe9b
SHA-256
751016eec2befe9b499a285b6eac049769f7df239a2e32a78907c0a0810b32fe
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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
20080901180430303370600
Archive entry
20080901180430303370600.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#20080901180430303370600.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080901180430303370600.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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