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Red roses with green stems on black background, white text overlay reading "love me for who I am not for who you want me to be...".

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Red roses with green stems on black background, white text overlay reading "love me for who I am not for who you want me to be...".

Red roses with green stems on black background, white text overlay reading "love me for who I am not for who you want me to be...". Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • love me
  • for who I am
  • not for who
  • you want me
  • to be...

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805041658221647493691
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fd/fd24207de6af1a87debb99dcf9a4c9c0cdb75b2edc5ee1f91bebc3b67ca69dc5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fd24207de6af1a87
SHA-256
fd24207de6af1a87debb99dcf9a4c9c0cdb75b2edc5ee1f91bebc3b67ca69dc5
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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
200805041658221647493691
Archive entry
200805041658221647493691.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 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#200805041658221647493691.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805041658221647493691.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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