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A bright pink background displays four identical text blocks reading "I LOVE CARLOS" with varying pixelated symbols above the "I".

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A bright pink background displays four identical text blocks reading "I LOVE CARLOS" with varying pixelated symbols above the "I".

A bright pink background displays four identical text blocks reading "I LOVE CARLOS" with varying pixelated symbols above the "I". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart
  • starburst

Visible Text

  • I
  • LOVE
  • CARLOS

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200808261154442042292715
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
956 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8d/8d8aecf4c825187b29373b0db573e5e506291eedef614815272060e0cc531829.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8d8aecf4c825187b
SHA-256
8d8aecf4c825187b29373b0db573e5e506291eedef614815272060e0cc531829
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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
200808261154442042292715
Archive entry
200808261154442042292715.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#200808261154442042292715.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200808261154442042292715.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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