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Pixelated cyan text on black background reads 'my nightmare has begun' with a white heart symbol above the first word, and '<3/' below.

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Pixelated cyan text on black background reads 'my nightmare has begun' with a white heart symbol above the first word, and '<3/' below.

Pixelated cyan text on black background reads 'my nightmare has begun' with a white heart symbol above the first word, and '<3/' below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • text block

Visible Text

  • my
  • nightmare
  • has
  • begunn
  • <3/

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901251054411017087430
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
972 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/78/78dddf7599f16b7605ea1d466c2b32478093e4bb6f5485943786f2e6cb2ebcd4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
78dddf7599f16b76
SHA-256
78dddf7599f16b7605ea1d466c2b32478093e4bb6f5485943786f2e6cb2ebcd4
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
200901251054411017087430
Archive entry
200901251054411017087430.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 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#200901251054411017087430.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901251054411017087430.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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