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Animated sequence showing a figure with pale arms holding a red heart, with changing yellow text blocks over the image.

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Animated sequence showing a figure with pale arms holding a red heart, with changing yellow text blocks over the image.

Animated sequence showing a figure with pale arms holding a red heart, with changing yellow text blocks over the image. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart

Subjects

  • figure
  • heart

Visible Text

  • I DONT CARE
  • WHAT YOU SAY
  • IT ROCKS!!
  • GO AHEAD
  • KNOCK ME
  • SEE IF I CARE
  • CAUSE HONESTLY
  • I WONT

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200810161944151016578454
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3b/3b0a776028486d528ef15051de084d07885f1d0a2f3571b5d03cd026146d01e1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3b0a776028486d52
SHA-256
3b0a776028486d528ef15051de084d07885f1d0a2f3571b5d03cd026146d01e1
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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
200810161944151016578454
Archive entry
200810161944151016578454.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#200810161944151016578454.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200810161944151016578454.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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