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Pixelated text on black background with cyan heart symbol replacing 'I wish' lettering, repeated twice side-by-side.

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Pixelated text on black background with cyan heart symbol replacing 'I wish' lettering, repeated twice side-by-side.

Pixelated text on black background with cyan heart symbol replacing 'I wish' lettering, repeated twice side-by-side. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Franks…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • text block

Visible Text

  • I wish
  • I was
  • the one
  • you loved!
  • (33xoxo

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709231620221315930789
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
307 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/47/477a041235ba1af5e2c0de4d3193cd6d289f36f770fc979bc381871a379b4dad.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
477a041235ba1af5
SHA-256
477a041235ba1af5e2c0de4d3193cd6d289f36f770fc979bc381871a379b4dad
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
200709231620221315930789
Archive entry
200709231620221315930789.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 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#200709231620221315930789.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709231620221315930789.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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