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Green polka-dot background with purple text 'i <3 mah bffals' and a black-and-white icon showing 'i <3 you!' in pixelated style.

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Green polka-dot background with purple text 'i <3 mah bffals' and a black-and-white icon showing 'i <3 you!' in pixelated style.

Green polka-dot background with purple text 'i <3 mah bffals' and a black-and-white icon showing 'i <3 you!' in pixelated style. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • hand
  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • i <3 mah bffals
  • (:
  • <3
  • haha
  • you!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200911101844241820405053
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/bc/bcf2c51de7c02497ea85446a87bd856dac29fa6d71ad243b4a89bd50ea42fab1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
bcf2c51de7c02497
SHA-256
bcf2c51de7c02497ea85446a87bd856dac29fa6d71ad243b4a89bd50ea42fab1
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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
200911101844241820405053
Archive entry
200911101844241820405053.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 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#200911101844241820405053.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200911101844241820405053.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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