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Green pixelated text on white background with blue and green heart shapes, displaying phrases about wondering why someone chose her.

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Green pixelated text on white background with blue and green heart shapes, displaying phrases about wondering why someone chose her.

Green pixelated text on white background with blue and green heart shapes, displaying phrases about wondering why someone chose her. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • she lays awake at night and wonders
  • why he chose her when he had the
  • world to chose from

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070813082644977375919
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b9/b94c77d7bcd06de5c96080b639b82c05ad592b9db43438d9b495ef2958792550.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b94c77d7bcd06de5
SHA-256
b94c77d7bcd06de5c96080b639b82c05ad592b9db43438d9b495ef2958792550
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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
20070813082644977375919
Archive entry
20070813082644977375919.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:38 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#20070813082644977375919.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070813082644977375919.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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