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Green pixelated text on black background with red border, displaying 'l.y.l.a.b but it's so hard when i l.y.l.a.l' and heart symbols changing across frames.

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Green pixelated text on black background with red border, displaying 'l.y.l.a.b but it's so hard when i l.y.l.a.l' and heart symbols changing across frames.

Green pixelated text on black background with red border, displaying 'l.y.l.a.b but it's so hard when i l.y.l.a.l' and heart symbols changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM…

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Subjects

  • heart symbols

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  • l.y.l.a.b
  • but it's
  • so hard
  • when i
  • l.y.l.a.l

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080919191158974055671
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
467 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/00/00bde5036702fab9c64b764257f0be020a949dfd2c03dac4871536f422a08fd3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
00bde5036702fab9
SHA-256
00bde5036702fab9c64b764257f0be020a949dfd2c03dac4871536f422a08fd3
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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
20080919191158974055671
Archive entry
20080919191158974055671.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080919191158974055671.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080919191158974055671.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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