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Pixelated text on black background with red heart symbol replacing 'love' in phrase, showing two identical versions side-by-side.

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Pixelated text on black background with red heart symbol replacing 'love' in phrase, showing two identical versions side-by-side.

Pixelated text on black background with red heart symbol replacing 'love' in phrase, showing two identical versions side-by-side. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • I was
  • Swinging
  • you werentyou werent
  • yru so
  • STUPID??

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071005194112415880338
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
326 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/04/04095f941d229553b344c2ef09a313f1f7069ec804327acef10e285392c21fa2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
04095f941d229553
SHA-256
04095f941d229553b344c2ef09a313f1f7069ec804327acef10e285392c21fa2
Full source records (1)

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
20071005194112415880338
Archive entry
20071005194112415880338.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 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#20071005194112415880338.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071005194112415880338.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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