diff --git a/src/ts/components/shared/chat-box/chat-box.ts b/src/ts/components/shared/chat-box/chat-box.ts
index 32748a9..71e61f8 100644
--- a/src/ts/components/shared/chat-box/chat-box.ts
+++ b/src/ts/components/shared/chat-box/chat-box.ts
@@ -244,7 +244,14 @@ export class ChatBox implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
 	}
 	private say(message: string, chatType: ChatType, entityId: number): boolean {
 		this.game.lastChatMessageType = chatType;
-		return !!this.game.send(server => server.say(entityId, message, chatType));
+		if (message.toLowerCase().startsWith('/shrug')) {
+			var rawMessage = message.substring(6);
+			return !!this.game.send(server =>
+				server.say(entityId, ((rawMessage !== '') ? rawMessage + ' ' : '') + `¯\\_(ツ)_/¯`,
+				chatType));
+		} else {
+			return !!this.game.send(server => server.say(entityId, message, chatType));
+		}
 	}
 	private changeChatType(e: KeyboardEvent, chatType: ChatType) {
 		this.chatType = chatType;
diff --git a/src/ts/server/commands.ts b/src/ts/server/commands.ts
index 3a29117..003524d 100644
--- a/src/ts/server/commands.ts
+++ b/src/ts/server/commands.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ export function createCommands(world: World): Command[] {
 		command(['t', 'think'], '/t - thinking balloon', '', shouldNotBeCalled),
 		command(['w', 'whisper'], '/w <name> - whisper to player', '', shouldNotBeCalled),
 		command(['r', 'reply'], '/r - reply to whisper', '', shouldNotBeCalled),
+		command(['shrug'], '/shrug - ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯', '', shouldNotBeCalled),
 		command(['e'], '/e - set permanent expression', '', ({ }, { pony }, message) => {
 			pony.exprPermanent = parseExpression(message, true);
 			setEntityExpression(pony, undefined, 0);
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ chatTypes.set('w', ChatType.Whisper);
 chatTypes.set('whisper', ChatType.Whisper);
 
 export function parseCommand(text: string, type: ChatType): { command?: string; args: string; type: ChatType; } {
-	if (!isCommand(text)) {
+	if (!isCommand(text) || text.toLowerCase().startsWith('/shrug')) {
 		return { args: text, type };
 	}