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A static pixel art image with a black background, red broken heart symbol, and yellow text reading "IF LOVE IS SO STUPID WHY IS IT SO HARD TO LET GO?".

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A static pixel art image with a black background, red broken heart symbol, and yellow text reading "IF LOVE IS SO STUPID WHY IS IT SO HARD TO LET GO?".

A static pixel art image with a black background, red broken heart symbol, and yellow text reading "IF LOVE IS SO STUPID WHY IS IT SO HARD TO LET GO?". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM budd…

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  • IF LOVE IS
  • SO STUPID
  • WHY IS IT
  • SO HARD
  • TO LET GO?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080222161048614605859
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8a/8ad4f7810d650557aa6b1303ef6fd3286ff9fba1b0d538705ae4e41be6b392d0.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8ad4f7810d650557
SHA-256
8ad4f7810d650557aa6b1303ef6fd3286ff9fba1b0d538705ae4e41be6b392d0
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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
20080222161048614605859
Archive entry
20080222161048614605859.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 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#20080222161048614605859.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080222161048614605859.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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