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six with red and gray background showing text phrases about emotional pain, each containing distinct white text on black outlines

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six with red and gray background showing text phrases about emotional pain, each containing distinct white text on black outlines

six with red and gray background showing text phrases about emotional pain, each containing distinct white text on black outlines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • hate me or break me
  • pretty n punk
  • hugs dont make up for broken hearts
  • ine on the outside dying on the inside

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804061709171356957912
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
8 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/81/815cf007e4f63b6c0887e4638ebe91c0949d7035b3eb3e0af8a93e9d594fe144.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
815cf007e4f63b6c
SHA-256
815cf007e4f63b6c0887e4638ebe91c0949d7035b3eb3e0af8a93e9d594fe144
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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
200804061709171356957912
Archive entry
200804061709171356957912.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#200804061709171356957912.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804061709171356957912.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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