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Pixelated pink text on black background with white sparkles, repeating phrases and partial words in a looped animation.

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Pixelated pink text on black background with white sparkles, repeating phrases and partial words in a looped animation.

Pixelated pink text on black background with white sparkles, repeating phrases and partial words in a looped animation. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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  • never keep| never keep
  • promise i do| promise i don't
  • nt to keep| nt to keep
  • en i say 4eep| en i say 4ee
  • r is wat i r| r is wat i n

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090115145613894925216
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
751 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d1/d1388a8d5283b71d6e4bc9d5d78bc0d54165151da532448caaef549f6e46202a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d1388a8d5283b71d
SHA-256
d1388a8d5283b71d6e4bc9d5d78bc0d54165151da532448caaef549f6e46202a
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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
20090115145613894925216
Archive entry
20090115145613894925216.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:49 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#20090115145613894925216.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090115145613894925216.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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