Permanent icon record
pixelated text displaying "BUT SOME THINGS never GET BETTER" with varying text opacity and color shifts across frames
pixelated text displaying "BUT SOME THINGS never GET BETTER" with varying text opacity and color shifts across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from MyOldIcons / Original…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival
- Source title
- MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
- Category
- myoldicons / dollz / quotes
- Era
- Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 09:07 UTC
Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository
- Source title
- iconhell_complicatedmex_a7
- Category
- IconHell/Music
- Era
- Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 13:53 UTC
Internet Archive IconHell Buddy Icons RAR
- Source title
- iconhell_complicatedmex_a7
- Category
- buddy_icons
- Era
- Early-2000s Icon Directory Culture
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:56 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 4.9 KB
- Motion
- Animated (21 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/1d/1db143a0d6a13f992bdc5aaee506a09667172752ee3d4e081b48ed75ea4eebcc.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- 1db143a0d6a13f99
- SHA-256
- 1db143a0d6a13f992bdc5aaee506a09667172752ee3d4e081b48ed75ea4eebcc
Full source records (3)
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)
- Kind
- myoldicons-api
- Era
- Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
- Type
- current recovered OriginalIcons API
- Category
- myoldicons / dollz / quotes
- Title
- MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
- Alt
- 63660.gif | 63660.gif You make me feel brand new | animated | myoldicons id 169915
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 09:07 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata
Original: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Dollz/Quotes/170855.gif Download: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Dollz/Quotes/170855.gif Page: https://myoldicons.com/api/icons?category=dollz
Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository (github-hmmnd0-historical-buddy-icon-repository)
- Kind
- local-directory
- Era
- Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
- Type
- public Git mirror containing four organized historical AIM buddy-icon site collections
- Category
- IconHell/Music
- Title
- iconhell_complicatedmex_a7
- Archive entry
- IconHell/Music/iconhell_complicatedmex_a7.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 13:53 UTC
- Rights
- mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- cross-sectional archive of Badass Buddy, CoolBuddy, dollbuddieicons, and IconHell collections spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, holidays, sports, relationships, pride, dolls, and internet culture
Original: https://www.iconhell.com/#IconHell%2FMusic%2Ficonhell_complicatedmex_a7.gif Download: https://www.iconhell.com/#IconHell%2FMusic%2Ficonhell_complicatedmex_a7.gif Page: https://github.com/Hmmnd0/buddy-icon-repository
Internet Archive IconHell Buddy Icons RAR (internet-archive-iconhell-buddy-icons-rar)
- Kind
- local-directory
- Era
- Early-2000s Icon Directory Culture
- Type
- Internet Archive RAR preservation explicitly containing IconHell buddy icons
- Category
- buddy_icons
- Title
- iconhell_complicatedmex_a7
- Archive entry
- buddy_icons/iconhell_complicatedmex_a7.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:56 UTC
- Rights
- mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large cross-sectional IconHell collection spanning fandom, identity, humor, music, celebrities, animation, and internet culture
Original: https://archive.org/download/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives/IconHell%20Buddy%20Icons.rar#buddy_icons%2Ficonhell_complicatedmex_a7.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives/IconHell%20Buddy%20Icons.rar#buddy_icons%2Ficonhell_complicatedmex_a7.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/avatarhell-and-iconhell-site-archives