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six pixelated images showing a person in various poses with pink text overlays including 'I', '<3', 'RYAN', 'AND HE', and '<3'S ME'

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six pixelated images showing a person in various poses with pink text overlays including 'I', '<3', 'RYAN', 'AND HE', and '<3'S ME'

six pixelated images showing a person in various poses with pink text overlays including 'I', '<3', 'RYAN', 'AND HE', and '<3'S ME'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • hand

Style

  • text-overlaid

Visible Text

  • I
  • <3
  • RYAN
  • AND HE
  • <3'S ME

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805312051241509572543
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
8 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5c/5c849c6e86e1000eb89842867057ad2417b0a615c6256c74e22ec2a0fa69dba2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5c849c6e86e1000e
SHA-256
5c849c6e86e1000eb89842867057ad2417b0a615c6256c74e22ec2a0fa69dba2
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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
200805312051241509572543
Archive entry
200805312051241509572543.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#200805312051241509572543.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805312051241509572543.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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