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six with red and black backgrounds displaying text fragments and a partial celebrity face, with a '<3' symbol in the corner

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six with red and black backgrounds displaying text fragments and a partial celebrity face, with a '<3' symbol in the corner

six with red and black backgrounds displaying text fragments and a partial celebrity face, with a '<3' symbol in the corner. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • <3 symbol

Visible Text

  • he's pretty hott
  • for a
  • sick
  • maso-chistic
  • lion
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081111142626134488232
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0d/0d3d83f9022f13c7385eb179b1bcf350ccea5eaf3bd8564c7d4a44e02f679349.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0d3d83f9022f13c7
SHA-256
0d3d83f9022f13c7385eb179b1bcf350ccea5eaf3bd8564c7d4a44e02f679349
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
20081111142626134488232
Archive entry
20081111142626134488232.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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#20081111142626134488232.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081111142626134488232.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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