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Beach scene with heart drawn in sand, pink text reading 'My only wish is to have things go back to the way they used to be' across four

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Beach scene with heart drawn in sand, pink text reading 'My only wish is to have things go back to the way they used to be' across four

Beach scene with heart drawn in sand, pink text reading 'My only wish is to have things go back to the way they used to be' across four. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • text overlay

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  • My only wish is to
  • have things go back to
  • the way that
  • they used to be

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801162008551408245461
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8b/8b1b86766a71892d6ac54cf881f018dc7de8d40c0f97d67466ed0d316013a148.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8b1b86766a71892d
SHA-256
8b1b86766a71892d6ac54cf881f018dc7de8d40c0f97d67466ed0d316013a148
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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
200801162008551408245461
Archive entry
200801162008551408245461.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#200801162008551408245461.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801162008551408245461.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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