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A pink background displays white text reading "I need you like a heart needs a beat <3" with green pixelated heart and starburst animations.

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A pink background displays white text reading "I need you like a heart needs a beat <3" with green pixelated heart and starburst animations.

A pink background displays white text reading "I need you like a heart needs a beat <3" with green pixelated heart and starburst animations. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart
  • starburst

Visible Text

  • I need
  • you like
  • a heart
  • needs a
  • beat <3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2009050813313664709137
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
410 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1b/1bbe09ed9c1b49ee9bc799687b45d7c67b2ea73389a2544b8b12ec59da695aa9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1bbe09ed9c1b49ee
SHA-256
1bbe09ed9c1b49ee9bc799687b45d7c67b2ea73389a2544b8b12ec59da695aa9
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
2009050813313664709137
Archive entry
2009050813313664709137.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 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#2009050813313664709137.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2009050813313664709137.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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