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Red pixelated text on black background with purple heart and starburst animations above the top-left and top-right sections.

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Red pixelated text on black background with purple heart and starburst animations above the top-left and top-right sections.

Red pixelated text on black background with purple heart and starburst animations above the top-left and top-right sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart
  • starburst

Subjects

  • heart
  • starburst

Visible Text

  • I admit
  • it...
  • ily mike

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804281704031027885515
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
340 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/89/890cc3e84adad1e39a300836d0dbf6b294204d9188256aa90423c11f3d1cd008.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
890cc3e84adad1e3
SHA-256
890cc3e84adad1e39a300836d0dbf6b294204d9188256aa90423c11f3d1cd008
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
200804281704031027885515
Archive entry
200804281704031027885515.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:24 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#200804281704031027885515.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804281704031027885515.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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