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Blue pixelated text on gray background reads "I'll wait for you but I can't wait forever" with a heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'wait'.

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Blue pixelated text on gray background reads "I'll wait for you but I can't wait forever" with a heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'wait'.

Blue pixelated text on gray background reads "I'll wait for you but I can't wait forever" with a heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'wait'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • I'll wait
  • for you
  • but I
  • can't wait
  • forever

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071021121334569194284
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
306 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b6/b64a427900c0ba4f7a96769799ad9824349187b82a2bd7ab92b4396d788d15b3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b64a427900c0ba4f
SHA-256
b64a427900c0ba4f7a96769799ad9824349187b82a2bd7ab92b4396d788d15b3
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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
20071021121334569194284
Archive entry
20071021121334569194284.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:51 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#20071021121334569194284.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071021121334569194284.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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