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Pixelated text on bright pink background with red heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'him', repeated across multiple lines.

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Pixelated text on bright pink background with red heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'him', repeated across multiple lines.

Pixelated text on bright pink background with red heart symbol replacing 'm' in 'him', repeated across multiple lines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fran…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • i love him i love him
  • but he loves but he loves
  • her. i wish her. i wish
  • he would he would
  • love me love me

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080415190833331920475
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
326 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b6/b63c476ae92076868c6f3e9225f683d36d1586210a84e2fd2996565282d4f761.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b63c476ae9207686
SHA-256
b63c476ae92076868c6f3e9225f683d36d1586210a84e2fd2996565282d4f761
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
20080415190833331920475
Archive entry
20080415190833331920475.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#20080415190833331920475.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080415190833331920475.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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