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Blue background with cyan text reading 'why her? and.. not me ? </3' in pixelated font, showing subtle animation changes across four

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Blue background with cyan text reading 'why her? and.. not me ? </3' in pixelated font, showing subtle animation changes across four

Blue background with cyan text reading 'why her? and.. not me ? </3' in pixelated font, showing subtle animation changes across four. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • why her?
  • and..
  • not me ?
  • </3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2008052218145192943731
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/df/dfa489ab3d201936854a01b68c2e3d00a53a33e30a3e9b1139e6cdcf3064d17c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
dfa489ab3d201936
SHA-256
dfa489ab3d201936854a01b68c2e3d00a53a33e30a3e9b1139e6cdcf3064d17c
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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
2008052218145192943731
Archive entry
2008052218145192943731.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 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#2008052218145192943731.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2008052218145192943731.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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