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Silhouette of two figures forming a heart shape with arms, overlaid with pink text expressing romantic uncertainty across three

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Silhouette of two figures forming a heart shape with arms, overlaid with pink text expressing romantic uncertainty across three

Silhouette of two figures forming a heart shape with arms, overlaid with pink text expressing romantic uncertainty across three. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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Mood

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  • <3 symbol
  • :(

Style

  • text overlay

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  • he loves me <3
  • he loves me not :(
  • i think... he might love me!<3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801011816531768748041
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2a/2af786ae198818155b4ff6f449677ed8ec381e5909e7e58b4261f15a672411a4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2af786ae19881815
SHA-256
2af786ae198818155b4ff6f449677ed8ec381e5909e7e58b4261f15a672411a4
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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
200801011816531768748041
Archive entry
200801011816531768748041.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 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#200801011816531768748041.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801011816531768748041.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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