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six showing text overlays on a purple-toned background with a central eye image, where the iris changes from a standard shape to a heart shape

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six showing text overlays on a purple-toned background with a central eye image, where the iris changes from a standard shape to a heart shape

six showing text overlays on a purple-toned background with a central eye image, where the iris changes from a standard shape to a heart shape. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart

Subjects

  • eye

Visible Text

  • True love is known by few
  • I'm proud to say I'm one of
  • those few.
  • It makes my iris a heart

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080301000140247640916
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
9.2 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8a/8abf37f89e1a79c88a76fccd3ef1455f528878db43c38ad6a1f2e962cf0b2515.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8abf37f89e1a79c8
SHA-256
8abf37f89e1a79c88a76fccd3ef1455f528878db43c38ad6a1f2e962cf0b2515
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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
20080301000140247640916
Archive entry
20080301000140247640916.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:16 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#20080301000140247640916.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080301000140247640916.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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