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Blue pixelated text on black background reads "Love-❤ It happens in strange ways" with a heart symbol replacing the hyphen.

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Blue pixelated text on black background reads "Love-❤ It happens in strange ways" with a heart symbol replacing the hyphen.

Blue pixelated text on black background reads "Love-❤ It happens in strange ways" with a heart symbol replacing the hyphen. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • heart symbol

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  • heart symbol

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  • Love-❤ It happens in strange ways
  • It happens in strange ways
  • in strange ways
  • ways

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801171633481458650784
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
278 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e1/e1aa1f180c897d7360a27856a6f16ffb3b3cd297d597f856bb7849d1b0df7c12.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e1aa1f180c897d73
SHA-256
e1aa1f180c897d7360a27856a6f16ffb3b3cd297d597f856bb7849d1b0df7c12
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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
200801171633481458650784
Archive entry
200801171633481458650784.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:10 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#200801171633481458650784.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801171633481458650784.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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