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Static pixel art displays repeated text with a red heart replacing the 's' in 'friends', set against black background.

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Static pixel art displays repeated text with a red heart replacing the 's' in 'friends', set against black background.

Static pixel art displays repeated text with a red heart replacing the 's' in 'friends', set against black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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Mood

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Subjects

  • heart symbol

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  • my friends my friends are my life.are my life. my world. my world. my reason i survive. i survive.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070912210009307915969
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
343 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e4/e420dc656145d738fdd060bbad3c6101f24dbc5b25c666c68edb5805eae0dae2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e420dc656145d738
SHA-256
e420dc656145d738fdd060bbad3c6101f24dbc5b25c666c68edb5805eae0dae2
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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
20070912210009307915969
Archive entry
20070912210009307915969.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:44 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#20070912210009307915969.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070912210009307915969.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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