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A red heart with a cracked, distressed background displays text that changes from "BEN MY BABY" to "R.I.P." in black rectangular blocks.

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A red heart with a cracked, distressed background displays text that changes from "BEN MY BABY" to "R.I.P." in black rectangular blocks.

A red heart with a cracked, distressed background displays text that changes from "BEN MY BABY" to "R.I.P." in black rectangular blocks. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Subjects

  • heart

Visible Text

  • BEN
  • MY
  • BABY
  • R.I.P.

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090701181832718946639
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e4/e42cf38cafdc86f28832b95a3ee1c27ce891db7918c79dc70b01e51329b6e81e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e42cf38cafdc86f2
SHA-256
e42cf38cafdc86f28832b95a3ee1c27ce891db7918c79dc70b01e51329b6e81e
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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
20090701181832718946639
Archive entry
20090701181832718946639.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090701181832718946639.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090701181832718946639.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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