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Red broken heart with white text over black background, displaying 'why can't we be more than just friends' in pixelated font.

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Red broken heart with white text over black background, displaying 'why can't we be more than just friends' in pixelated font.

Red broken heart with white text over black background, displaying 'why can't we be more than just friends' in pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • why
  • can't we
  • be more
  • than
  • just friends

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811291920251987122295
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b0/b03034d63bf7042d118a7acce06b80d0d909b0304c558ff991e757ad2b8dd7d1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b03034d63bf7042d
SHA-256
b03034d63bf7042d118a7acce06b80d0d909b0304c558ff991e757ad2b8dd7d1
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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
200811291920251987122295
Archive entry
200811291920251987122295.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:44 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#200811291920251987122295.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811291920251987122295.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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