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Animated text-based icon with layered green and pink lettering, displaying phrases about a boy who makes the viewer smile alongside a heart symbol.

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Animated text-based icon with layered green and pink lettering, displaying phrases about a boy who makes the viewer smile alongside a heart symbol.

Animated text-based icon with layered green and pink lettering, displaying phrases about a boy who makes the viewer smile alongside a heart symbol. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy ic…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • <3

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • So theres this boy
  • And every thing about him
  • makes me smile
  • <3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080512134458784942762
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/28/2865ebf0d7b0c8f2385d3f47b0948e2deb4d63342c0e5a7b292a89e7e133723e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2865ebf0d7b0c8f2
SHA-256
2865ebf0d7b0c8f2385d3f47b0948e2deb4d63342c0e5a7b292a89e7e133723e
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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
20080512134458784942762
Archive entry
20080512134458784942762.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 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#20080512134458784942762.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080512134458784942762.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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