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Two side-by-side animated frames show a black speech bubble with white text and a yellow-orange curved line on a gray gradient background.

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Two side-by-side animated frames show a black speech bubble with white text and a yellow-orange curved line on a gray gradient background.

Two side-by-side animated frames show a black speech bubble with white text and a yellow-orange curved line on a gray gradient background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • speech bubble

Subjects

  • speech bubble

Visible Text

  • i love u
  • matt
  • i hate u
  • zach!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906181653401310861476
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/13/13c6124aa8a4a9168819cb20913870e9b3c8e296d7a9680a73fce53d8f9425e0.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
13c6124aa8a4a916
SHA-256
13c6124aa8a4a9168819cb20913870e9b3c8e296d7a9680a73fce53d8f9425e0
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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
200906181653401310861476
Archive entry
200906181653401310861476.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#200906181653401310861476.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906181653401310861476.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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