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Four identical display green text on black background with cyan border, each containing "L.O.V.E. is totally pointless" and varying heart symbols

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Four identical display green text on black background with cyan border, each containing "L.O.V.E. is totally pointless" and varying heart symbols

Four identical display green text on black background with cyan border, each containing "L.O.V.E. is totally pointless" and varying heart symbols. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ico…

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  • heart symbols

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  • L.O.V.E.
  • is
  • totally
  • pointless

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090402101307235933414
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
433 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/88/889dba1f7f8f570e73a982fe7771b14f0114b36d276d0e5780a77e9af66a8c2c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
889dba1f7f8f570e
SHA-256
889dba1f7f8f570e73a982fe7771b14f0114b36d276d0e5780a77e9af66a8c2c
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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
20090402101307235933414
Archive entry
20090402101307235933414.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:55 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#20090402101307235933414.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090402101307235933414.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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