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A bright pink background displays repeated text "knowledge puffs up, but love builds up!" with white heart symbols appearing in different positions across the animation.

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A bright pink background displays repeated text "knowledge puffs up, but love builds up!" with white heart symbols appearing in different positions across the animation.

A bright pink background displays repeated text "knowledge puffs up, but love builds up!" with white heart symbols appearing in different positions across the animation. Animated…

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  • knowledge puffs up, but love builds up!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080901133147936662977
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
451 bytes
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f9/f91496e64531276eb3df198efade1dc4dc61a796ca475cb97aa1a1524ade56e8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f91496e64531276e
SHA-256
f91496e64531276eb3df198efade1dc4dc61a796ca475cb97aa1a1524ade56e8
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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
20080901133147936662977
Archive entry
20080901133147936662977.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#20080901133147936662977.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080901133147936662977.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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