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Black background with white pixelated text and red heart symbols, displaying a quote about hearts lasting longer than looks.

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Black background with white pixelated text and red heart symbols, displaying a quote about hearts lasting longer than looks.

Black background with white pixelated text and red heart symbols, displaying a quote about hearts lasting longer than looks. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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  • looks are nice to have,
  • but they fade, and
  • it's the HEART that will stay

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080113160715384775358
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ba/ba84db9b1224ec1a82f7eee74e3263b9078b709ed25533a6cbf6e5e6b7cecd60.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ba84db9b1224ec1a
SHA-256
ba84db9b1224ec1a82f7eee74e3263b9078b709ed25533a6cbf6e5e6b7cecd60
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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
20080113160715384775358
Archive entry
20080113160715384775358.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#20080113160715384775358.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080113160715384775358.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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