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Pixelated text on black background with pink border, four showing identical phrase with heart symbol changing from solid to outlined

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Pixelated text on black background with pink border, four showing identical phrase with heart symbol changing from solid to outlined

Pixelated text on black background with pink border, four showing identical phrase with heart symbol changing from solid to outlined. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • pink heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • luv is
  • stupid; but
  • we don't luv
  • it with our brain
  • do we?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090204144038890168349
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/86/86900c64ae29850adccb4655ae5508cb0136ddfd472438d274b04f97e0070b4a.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
86900c64ae29850a
SHA-256
86900c64ae29850adccb4655ae5508cb0136ddfd472438d274b04f97e0070b4a
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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
20090204144038890168349
Archive entry
20090204144038890168349.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 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#20090204144038890168349.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090204144038890168349.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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