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Pixelated blue text on black background with pink heart and blue plus sign above left text, and blue plus sign above right text.

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Pixelated blue text on black background with pink heart and blue plus sign above left text, and blue plus sign above right text.

Pixelated blue text on black background with pink heart and blue plus sign above left text, and blue plus sign above right text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol
  • plus sign

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • plus sign

Visible Text

  • i thought you said 'forever'

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20091011145811361471749
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
1004 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/e4/e4d31182beb0daedb308d245713c22dd0387ca2cf1244bf4aac252ab6ae7e493.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
e4d31182beb0daed
SHA-256
e4d31182beb0daedb308d245713c22dd0387ca2cf1244bf4aac252ab6ae7e493
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
20091011145811361471749
Archive entry
20091011145811361471749.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#20091011145811361471749.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20091011145811361471749.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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