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Black-and-white pixelated image with text blocks and a heart-shaped pose, conveying emotional contrast between distance and love.

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Black-and-white pixelated image with text blocks and a heart-shaped pose, conveying emotional contrast between distance and love.

Black-and-white pixelated image with text blocks and a heart-shaped pose, conveying emotional contrast between distance and love. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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Action

Style

Mood

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  • heart shape

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  • Distance means so little...
  • when love means so much.. <3
  • Emily!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081003162744361116100
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/46/467db461b32dc439777967af7257883aba14d84db1fc9051f1f9edaac287f2ab.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
467db461b32dc439
SHA-256
467db461b32dc439777967af7257883aba14d84db1fc9051f1f9edaac287f2ab
Full source records (1)

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
20081003162744361116100
Archive entry
20081003162744361116100.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#20081003162744361116100.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081003162744361116100.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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