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Red text on white blocks overlays a grayscale image of lips, with partial phrases about crying tears and misused words.

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Red text on white blocks overlays a grayscale image of lips, with partial phrases about crying tears and misused words.

Red text on white blocks overlays a grayscale image of lips, with partial phrases about crying tears and misused words. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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  • If I cried a tear every time some one
  • misused the words: I Love You, I would
  • have cried a river by now...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802082054471703471378
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/79/79653ddfef829540150e252f1c11fa6aaed6e84b18dc2ac5da01bfd40b424d57.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
79653ddfef829540
SHA-256
79653ddfef829540150e252f1c11fa6aaed6e84b18dc2ac5da01bfd40b424d57
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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
200802082054471703471378
Archive entry
200802082054471703471378.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 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#200802082054471703471378.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802082054471703471378.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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