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Pixelated text on dark brown background with red heart symbol replacing 'e' in 'Are', two identical side-by-side versions of the phrase.

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Pixelated text on dark brown background with red heart symbol replacing 'e' in 'Are', two identical side-by-side versions of the phrase.

Pixelated text on dark brown background with red heart symbol replacing 'e' in 'Are', two identical side-by-side versions of the phrase. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • red heart symbol

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  • You Are Close But I'm So Faraway

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712171450111932561120
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
288 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/79/791bcd29bf3a427c1658f1f42982d0377629896f2ff6c1519a1bc13132b7e636.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
791bcd29bf3a427c
SHA-256
791bcd29bf3a427c1658f1f42982d0377629896f2ff6c1519a1bc13132b7e636
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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
200712171450111932561120
Archive entry
200712171450111932561120.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:05 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#200712171450111932561120.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712171450111932561120.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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