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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on a beige background, next to heart symbols and text elements.

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Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on a beige background, next to heart symbols and text elements.

Pixelated image of a person with dark hair and sunglasses on a beige background, next to heart symbols and text elements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Subjects

  • heart shapes

Visible Text

  • i love him
  • WHY?
  • Because
  • REAL.
  • Men
  • DON'T
  • 'Sparkle'
  • duh

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906031634161470815575
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
6.3 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e1/e1c64bd657d2f377deaaaf9b5a0280e617a09bb8ddf923af74b4c4110d90a8e9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e1c64bd657d2f377
SHA-256
e1c64bd657d2f377deaaaf9b5a0280e617a09bb8ddf923af74b4c4110d90a8e9
Full source records (1)

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
200906031634161470815575
Archive entry
200906031634161470815575.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#200906031634161470815575.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906031634161470815575.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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