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Pixelated orange text on pink background repeats 'i wanna hold on but it hurts soit hurts so bad' with red symbols changing across three

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Pixelated orange text on pink background repeats 'i wanna hold on but it hurts soit hurts so bad' with red symbols changing across three

Pixelated orange text on pink background repeats 'i wanna hold on but it hurts soit hurts so bad' with red symbols changing across three. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from In…

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  • i wanna holdwanna holdwanna hold
  • on but on but on but
  • it hurts soit hurts soit hurts so
  • bad + bad + bad X
  • bad + bad . bad :
  • bad : bad ' bad

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080424100359133985758
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
524 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e2/e2febe792a04650c2142fbf78a6fb27b97a44eb92c7eb6355c85bbd47e29894f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e2febe792a04650c
SHA-256
e2febe792a04650c2142fbf78a6fb27b97a44eb92c7eb6355c85bbd47e29894f
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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
20080424100359133985758
Archive entry
20080424100359133985758.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#20080424100359133985758.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080424100359133985758.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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