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Pixelated text on pink background with yellow border and heart symbols, displaying 'bears are words my heart can't say' in blue letters.

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Pixelated text on pink background with yellow border and heart symbols, displaying 'bears are words my heart can't say' in blue letters.

Pixelated text on pink background with yellow border and heart symbols, displaying 'bears are words my heart can't say' in blue letters. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • animation: heart symbols change from one large to two small in bottom-right corner of each

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  • border
  • background

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  • bears are
  • words my
  • heart can't
  • say

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081029135159683301551
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c2/c2a53b8b32e21e5a73032c400753f7cb1a65cb23a01d9fee850418cbdbdf28de.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c2a53b8b32e21e5a
SHA-256
c2a53b8b32e21e5a73032c400753f7cb1a65cb23a01d9fee850418cbdbdf28de
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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
20081029135159683301551
Archive entry
20081029135159683301551.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#20081029135159683301551.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081029135159683301551.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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