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Pixelated text fragments on a pastel polka-dot background with heart symbols, featuring phrases about love and choice.

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Pixelated text fragments on a pastel polka-dot background with heart symbols, featuring phrases about love and choice.

Pixelated text fragments on a pastel polka-dot background with heart symbols, featuring phrases about love and choice. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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  • heart symbols

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  • the problem with love is
  • that you can love whoever you want
  • but so can he...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801251949142021479675
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/13/13bf81d6cf70d79c624c24db95a7fcdea2034e3cb2b6cec4744c1cbc4fe66327.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
13bf81d6cf70d79c
SHA-256
13bf81d6cf70d79c624c24db95a7fcdea2034e3cb2b6cec4744c1cbc4fe66327
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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
200801251949142021479675
Archive entry
200801251949142021479675.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#200801251949142021479675.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801251949142021479675.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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