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Black background with white pixelated text reading "I love and hate you. Why me?" and red heart symbols changing across four

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Black background with white pixelated text reading "I love and hate you. Why me?" and red heart symbols changing across four

Black background with white pixelated text reading "I love and hate you. Why me?" and red heart symbols changing across four. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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  • heart symbols

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  • I love and hate you. Why me?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070818190903600518634
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
442 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ab/ab8d432cb0174955e18e4e91d39cb4d5a5c89fa3f5313f824af3e286d57296c6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ab8d432cb0174955
SHA-256
ab8d432cb0174955e18e4e91d39cb4d5a5c89fa3f5313f824af3e286d57296c6
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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
20070818190903600518634
Archive entry
20070818190903600518634.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 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#20070818190903600518634.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070818190903600518634.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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