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Pixelated blue background with repeating cyan hearts and pink text reading "we all get lonely once in a lifetime" arranged in horizontal

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Pixelated blue background with repeating cyan hearts and pink text reading "we all get lonely once in a lifetime" arranged in horizontal

Pixelated blue background with repeating cyan hearts and pink text reading "we all get lonely once in a lifetime" arranged in horizontal. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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  • we all
  • get lonely
  • once in
  • a lifetime

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712291617321524890443
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8c/8c980cff5271c5361ff2bf9defa4f9954c3ffc45338cc2459a1526ddd682071e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8c980cff5271c536
SHA-256
8c980cff5271c5361ff2bf9defa4f9954c3ffc45338cc2459a1526ddd682071e
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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
200712291617321524890443
Archive entry
200712291617321524890443.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 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#200712291617321524890443.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712291617321524890443.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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