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Pixelated text and symbols in bright pink on black background, with two identical frames showing slight variations in heart icons.

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Pixelated text and symbols in bright pink on black background, with two identical frames showing slight variations in heart icons.

Pixelated text and symbols in bright pink on black background, with two identical frames showing slight variations in heart icons. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Style

  • 8-bit style

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  • i <3
  • the
  • SLUTY
  • WHABAMS!!!!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080223144843653024859
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
320 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/26/26638e3a2939308cc77a0ba2ca1af725d4ae0f668625caf1cb128f2cdef6e649.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
26638e3a2939308c
SHA-256
26638e3a2939308cc77a0ba2ca1af725d4ae0f668625caf1cb128f2cdef6e649
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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
20080223144843653024859
Archive entry
20080223144843653024859.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 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#20080223144843653024859.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080223144843653024859.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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