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Red pixelated text on black background reads 'Love Stinks ... But in the good way ^-^' next to a red heart with three question marks above it.

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Red pixelated text on black background reads 'Love Stinks ... But in the good way ^-^' next to a red heart with three question marks above it.

Red pixelated text on black background reads 'Love Stinks ... But in the good way ^-^' next to a red heart with three question marks above it. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • split vertical background
  • text on left
  • heart and question marks on right

Dense Caption

Left side displays red pixelated text on black background: 'Love' on first line, 'Stinks' on second line, three dots on third line, 'But in' on fourth line, 'the good' on fifth line, 'way ^-^' on sixth line. Right side shows a large red heart shape on light background with three gray question marks above it; heart has slight blur effect. Text uses blocky, low-resolution font typical of early digital interfaces. Question marks are positioned horizontally above the heart's top point. Background is split vertically: black on left, light gray on right.

Description

Red pixelated text on black background reads 'Love Stinks ... But in the good way ^-^' next to a red heart with three question marks above it.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red heart question marks
  • Love Stinks text
  • buddy icon heart
  • pixelated text heart
  • question marks heart
  • text but in the good way
  • heart with question marks
  • Love Stinks But in the good way

Objects

  • heart

Subjects

  • heart

Visible Text

  • Love
  • Stinks
  • ...
  • But in
  • the good
  • way ^-^

Wordwall

  • red pixelated text
  • black background
  • red heart
  • gray question marks
  • three dots
  • light gray background
  • blocky font
  • split background
  • heart with question marks
  • text reads 'Love Stinks ... But in the good way ^-^'

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080229201143209257779
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC

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GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC
Archive ID
6551938e579f87ff
SHA-256
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August 2, 2026 at 18:36 UTC
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Red pixelated text on black background reads 'Love Stinks ... But in the good way ^-^' next to a red heart with three question marks above it.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 13:56 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,561 ms
Tokens
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  • heart and question marks on right

Dense Caption

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Description

Red pixelated text on black background reads 'Love Stinks ... But in the good way ^-^' next to a red heart with three question marks above it.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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  • provenance era: 2016
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  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

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  • humorous

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  • buddy icon heart
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  • question marks heart
  • text but in the good way
  • heart with question marks
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  • pixelated
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  • question marks

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Run
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Error
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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
20080229201143209257779
Archive entry
20080229201143209257779.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 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#20080229201143209257779.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080229201143209257779.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016