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Black background with white pixelated text reading "I waited and you never came. never came." and red heart symbols below.

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Black background with white pixelated text reading "I waited and you never came. never came." and red heart symbols below.

Black background with white pixelated text reading "I waited and you never came. never came." and red heart symbols below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • heart symbols

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  • I waited and you never came. never came.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901181809561886149773
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1003 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/91/9182062bf70853d6d35c91bda2dc481355bc17a61c4aba478764df6db065d917.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9182062bf70853d6
SHA-256
9182062bf70853d6d35c91bda2dc481355bc17a61c4aba478764df6db065d917
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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
200901181809561886149773
Archive entry
200901181809561886149773.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 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#200901181809561886149773.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901181809561886149773.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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