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Pixelated text on bright pink background with red and blue elements, showing 'I love myself' phrases and repeated words.

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Pixelated text on bright pink background with red and blue elements, showing 'I love myself' phrases and repeated words.

Pixelated text on bright pink background with red and blue elements, showing 'I love myself' phrases and repeated words. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Style

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Subjects

  • heart symbol

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  • I love
  • myself
  • boys friendboys friends
  • and retardsand retards

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081104153424489683075
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
405 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/de/de39d70cfd6dabe7db8fd5c5baa84988852cbc463901689a67b1f16b3897464d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
de39d70cfd6dabe7
SHA-256
de39d70cfd6dabe7db8fd5c5baa84988852cbc463901689a67b1f16b3897464d
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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
20081104153424489683075
Archive entry
20081104153424489683075.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 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#20081104153424489683075.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081104153424489683075.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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