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A yellow softball with brown stitching and a black logo on blue background, paired with orange text expressing missing someone.

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A yellow softball with brown stitching and a black logo on blue background, paired with orange text expressing missing someone.

A yellow softball with brown stitching and a black logo on blue background, paired with orange text expressing missing someone. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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  • even though there are tears running down my face and i miss youand you will alwaysbe my bestfriend

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906041536481828567269
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c8/c83710ed83b4c0be53e9a97971881738c288eca410f3418385ac54377c9f956b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c83710ed83b4c0be
SHA-256
c83710ed83b4c0be53e9a97971881738c288eca410f3418385ac54377c9f956b
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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
200906041536481828567269
Archive entry
200906041536481828567269.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#200906041536481828567269.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906041536481828567269.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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