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Yellow pixelated text on black background with pink heart replacing 'o' in 'life' and yellow '<3' symbols below, repeated twice.

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Yellow pixelated text on black background with pink heart replacing 'o' in 'life' and yellow '<3' symbols below, repeated twice.

Yellow pixelated text on black background with pink heart replacing 'o' in 'life' and yellow '<3' symbols below, repeated twice. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • <3 symbol

Visible Text

  • All my life
  • I've waited
  • 4 someone
  • like you
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806171806111252170425
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
319 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/65/65aea54df967a38b3329d86e27b146d2133b35daafa5c949e9588745026325c1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
65aea54df967a38b
SHA-256
65aea54df967a38b3329d86e27b146d2133b35daafa5c949e9588745026325c1
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
200806171806111252170425
Archive entry
200806171806111252170425.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 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#200806171806111252170425.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806171806111252170425.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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