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A static image of a broken pink heart with white text reading 'it's so hard to handle when I liked him so much' on a black background.

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A static image of a broken pink heart with white text reading 'it's so hard to handle when I liked him so much' on a black background.

A static image of a broken pink heart with white text reading 'it's so hard to handle when I liked him so much' on a black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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  • it's so hard to handle when I liked him so much

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709241707111832636744
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e5/e5d973f14f20e3b75ebc379ffed6a3757dbd01fa88628ad463635af7a2a56293.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e5d973f14f20e3b7
SHA-256
e5d973f14f20e3b75ebc379ffed6a3757dbd01fa88628ad463635af7a2a56293
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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
200709241707111832636744
Archive entry
200709241707111832636744.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 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#200709241707111832636744.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709241707111832636744.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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