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A static image with pink text over a black background featuring green and pink heart shapes and small blue and yellow dots.

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A static image with pink text over a black background featuring green and pink heart shapes and small blue and yellow dots.

A static image with pink text over a black background featuring green and pink heart shapes and small blue and yellow dots. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • I've always counted all my blessings
  • knowing you'd defend me
  • and stand by my side
  • If only I didn't lose my senses
  • each time I intended
  • for these words to come out right

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807100132081819165264
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.5 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ef/ef50a5161e7b042dc334492a9dda39a7236fe1d0648d322f9332d20f4a09c893.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ef50a5161e7b042d
SHA-256
ef50a5161e7b042dc334492a9dda39a7236fe1d0648d322f9332d20f4a09c893
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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
200807100132081819165264
Archive entry
200807100132081819165264.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:33 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#200807100132081819165264.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807100132081819165264.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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