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Green pixelated text on black background with cyan heart symbol replacing 'i' in 'wish', repeated across multiple lines.

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Green pixelated text on black background with cyan heart symbol replacing 'i' in 'wish', repeated across multiple lines.

Green pixelated text on black background with cyan heart symbol replacing 'i' in 'wish', repeated across multiple lines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • <3

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • i wish u would understand that i am tlly in <3 w/u

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807291610411560605778
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.5 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b9/b9a9bb619fe4a68aa5a65baacacf5eb6d3d65f42d004caaa9b2e680b440798fe.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b9a9bb619fe4a68a
SHA-256
b9a9bb619fe4a68aa5a65baacacf5eb6d3d65f42d004caaa9b2e680b440798fe
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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
200807291610411560605778
Archive entry
200807291610411560605778.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#200807291610411560605778.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807291610411560605778.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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