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A pixelated image of a wolf's eye with glowing yellow pupils, accompanied by blue text on black background reading "an unhappy wolf sings alone" and "i wish that i could sing along instead my tears flow for the wolf and i".

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A pixelated image of a wolf's eye with glowing yellow pupils, accompanied by blue text on black background reading "an unhappy wolf sings alone" and "i wish that i could sing along instead my tears flow for the wolf and i".

A pixelated image of a wolf's eye with glowing yellow pupils, accompanied by blue text on black background reading "an unhappy wolf sings alone" and "i wish that i could sing alon…

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  • an unhappy wolf sings alone
  • i wish that i could sing along
  • instead my tears flow for the wolf and i

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200710181223371987596879
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/89/896539f8e13a5c6baadc32e746a3f2283a1d831dd1fcd756d3b3e4026bdd607b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
896539f8e13a5c6b
SHA-256
896539f8e13a5c6baadc32e746a3f2283a1d831dd1fcd756d3b3e4026bdd607b
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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
200710181223371987596879
Archive entry
200710181223371987596879.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 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#200710181223371987596879.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200710181223371987596879.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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