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A static image with a fiery orange and yellow abstract background, featuring pixelated text in black rectangular boxes.

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A static image with a fiery orange and yellow abstract background, featuring pixelated text in black rectangular boxes.

A static image with a fiery orange and yellow abstract background, featuring pixelated text in black rectangular boxes. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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  • wish i could
  • love u
  • but i cant...
  • cuz my hart cant be broken in to.
  • too......
  • again

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805111350531125797530
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/88/88a0b3f53452e2825319acad5f1a111db8289b13db3e9e7081c54b1b31cfe9e0.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
88a0b3f53452e282
SHA-256
88a0b3f53452e2825319acad5f1a111db8289b13db3e9e7081c54b1b31cfe9e0
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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
200805111350531125797530
Archive entry
200805111350531125797530.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 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#200805111350531125797530.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805111350531125797530.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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