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Red heart-shaped background with blue text on black bars; four distinct text phrases arranged in a , each phrase on separate bars

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Red heart-shaped background with blue text on black bars; four distinct text phrases arranged in a , each phrase on separate bars

Red heart-shaped background with blue text on black bars; four distinct text phrases arranged in a , each phrase on separate bars. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart

Subjects

  • heart

Visible Text

  • You Only Meet
  • Your Lifetime Friend
  • Once In A Lifetime

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090721170413496809473
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.7 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f4/f4f4c232250f813478e0d0a4858c0b9d6e31a75b8232eb8ab1b257343ed19491.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f4f4c232250f8134
SHA-256
f4f4c232250f813478e0d0a4858c0b9d6e31a75b8232eb8ab1b257343ed19491
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
20090721170413496809473
Archive entry
20090721170413496809473.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 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#20090721170413496809473.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090721170413496809473.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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