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six with pixelated text over a pink and white heart-shaped background, each showing different phrases about mutual awareness

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six with pixelated text over a pink and white heart-shaped background, each showing different phrases about mutual awareness

six with pixelated text over a pink and white heart-shaped background, each showing different phrases about mutual awareness. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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Objects

  • heart shape

Subjects

  • heart shape

Visible Text

  • i catch him staring
  • he catches me staring
  • we're both totally aware
  • and strange enough
  • we look away
  • as if we don't even know each other

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200909211716011587368482
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3c/3c41048259775411aa3d3a2c0d34be25bfdb269f3bb156ad33f27cf5a0aeb6df.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3c41048259775411
SHA-256
3c41048259775411aa3d3a2c0d34be25bfdb269f3bb156ad33f27cf5a0aeb6df
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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
200909211716011587368482
Archive entry
200909211716011587368482.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:02 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#200909211716011587368482.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200909211716011587368482.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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