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Pixelated text on bright pink background with repeating phrases and heart symbols, animated to alternate between two states.

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Pixelated text on bright pink background with repeating phrases and heart symbols, animated to alternate between two states.

Pixelated text on bright pink background with repeating phrases and heart symbols, animated to alternate between two states. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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  • heart symbols

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  • needs love needs love
  • rather fall rather fall
  • chocolate chocolate

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807231356342144689789
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
334 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a2/a255e8c36873d10744fd2447830789524e339358cd1efd7bec77b6e8f00d2628.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a255e8c36873d107
SHA-256
a255e8c36873d10744fd2447830789524e339358cd1efd7bec77b6e8f00d2628
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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
200807231356342144689789
Archive entry
200807231356342144689789.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 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#200807231356342144689789.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807231356342144689789.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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