--- ---  # This Guy Actually Got a Tattoo of the Shrug Emoticon and It's Epic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 11, 2016 5:51 PM UTC  Niv Dror  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 11, 2016 5:51 PM UTC Ever felt like [shrugging your shoulders](http://motto.time.com/4462658/body-language-tips/) is just too much work? The solution to your problem may be simpler than you think: a [tattoo](http://time.com/4513291/free-burgers-for-life-tattoo/). Just follow the lead of [Niv Dror](https://twitter.com/Nivo0o0), the recent recipient of a shrug [emoticon](http://time.com/3701271/hubble-telescope-smiley-face/) tattoo — also known as a shruggie — who will never have to slightly raise his shoulders to show he doesn’t care about something again. He’ll only have to hold up his wrist. Dror — a writer and social editor for Product Hunt — documented his ink adventure on social media Tuesday, beginning with a tweet that read, “It’s decided. Getting a ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ tattoo.” He then shared a video of himself in the tattoo artist’s chair followed by a photo of the finished product. “¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ is my most frequent response to people over text (and a highly recommended keyboard shortcut),” Dror told TIME. “I’ve wanted to get another \[tattoo\] for a while now but wasn’t particularly set on anything. If you know me the shruggie is a very fitting one.” > [](https://twitter.com/Nivo0o0/status/785854488468938752) > [](https://twitter.com/Nivo0o0/status/785865864155394049) > [](https://twitter.com/Nivo0o0/status/785869548012441600) Emoji tattoos: the new gestures. Shrug Emoticon Becomes Man's Latest Tattoo ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4526823/shrug-emoticon-tattoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4526823/shrug-emoticon-tattoo/"},"headline":"This Guy Actually Got a Tattoo of the Shrug Emoticon and It's Epic","datePublished":"2016-10-11T17:51:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:31.605Z","description":"¯\\_(ツ)_/¯","url":"https://time.com/4526823/shrug-emoticon-tattoo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","tattoos","Culture","emojis"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt971eb35d47b2dc35/6988a9880a4a2279bd9cb97f/hgxebqp2-jpg-large.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt971eb35d47b2dc35/6988a9880a4a2279bd9cb97f/hgxebqp2-jpg-large.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hgxebqp2-jpg-large","caption":"","creditText":"Niv Dror","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4526823/shrug-emoticon-tattoo/","name":"This Guy Actually Got a Tattoo of the Shrug Emoticon and It's Epic"}}]}] ```