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Red background displays two identical vertical text blocks with 'I Love Bitter-Sweet Despair' and heart symbols, one white and one pink.

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Red background displays two identical vertical text blocks with 'I Love Bitter-Sweet Despair' and heart symbols, one white and one pink.

Red background displays two identical vertical text blocks with 'I Love Bitter-Sweet Despair' and heart symbols, one white and one pink. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Style

  • text-based icon

Visible Text

  • I
  • Love
  • Bitter-
  • Sweet
  • Despair

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804011236331583471361
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
326 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/54/54aaba7c79dcfb42b2a1dff1853e8bee1a1ad53fd7456a9b3aa219fb0bfd3e79.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
54aaba7c79dcfb42
SHA-256
54aaba7c79dcfb42b2a1dff1853e8bee1a1ad53fd7456a9b3aa219fb0bfd3e79
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
200804011236331583471361
Archive entry
200804011236331583471361.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 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#200804011236331583471361.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804011236331583471361.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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