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Black background with white pixelated text and a red heart symbol, displaying repeated phrases about wishing to stop and say goodbye.

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Black background with white pixelated text and a red heart symbol, displaying repeated phrases about wishing to stop and say goodbye.

Black background with white pixelated text and a red heart symbol, displaying repeated phrases about wishing to stop and say goodbye. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • heart symbol

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  • heart symbol

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  • I wish I could stop this wishing and say my last goodby
  • I wish i could stop this wishing and say my
  • could stop this wishing and say my
  • and say my last goodby
  • last goodby

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200904211533071976131260
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
352 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c3/c3de72d79bf775855e2d36980dd83008aa004c8868c4e219fbad3790f3622944.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c3de72d79bf77585
SHA-256
c3de72d79bf775855e2d36980dd83008aa004c8868c4e219fbad3790f3622944
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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
200904211533071976131260
Archive entry
200904211533071976131260.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 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#200904211533071976131260.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200904211533071976131260.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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