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Six- with colored backgrounds displaying text and a grayscale eye image; yellow reads "I cry every night" in black block letters

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Six- with colored backgrounds displaying text and a grayscale eye image; yellow reads "I cry every night" in black block letters

Six- with colored backgrounds displaying text and a grayscale eye image; yellow reads "I cry every night" in black block letters. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • eye

Visible Text

  • I cry every night
  • now, since you
  • moved away
  • III always love you
  • Dylan and Kordell
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080201210947531624702
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a3/a3452b79fd07c6f7eabd1e5f0c4fe3c16156f37c8dd8ed7bd037003b0f4f6e5a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a3452b79fd07c6f7
SHA-256
a3452b79fd07c6f7eabd1e5f0c4fe3c16156f37c8dd8ed7bd037003b0f4f6e5a
Full source records (1)

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
20080201210947531624702
Archive entry
20080201210947531624702.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 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#20080201210947531624702.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080201210947531624702.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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