Via
tmn, we are again directed to the
Depths of Wikipedia archivist
Annie Rauwerda whose detective works sometimes becomes fixated with those images becomes a caption for illustrating articles (
see also)—especially for entries that from a given perspective seem universal and needing no explanation, like the couple demonstrating
high-five (up high, down low, too slow) and their subsequent courtship and family—or on this case, The Shrug Guy—the embodiment of the gesture expressing indifference or not knowing, though not always reading the same. It used to be that one said that the word gullible was not listed in the dictionary (or that one’s photo was in there if you looked it up), and finding this iconic individual fifteen years later (
see also) it’s not clear if he chose shrug-life or shrug-life chose him. More at the links above.
Via tmn, we are again directed to the Depths of Wikipedia archivist Annie Rauwerda whose detective works sometimes becomes fixated with those images becomes a caption for illustrating articles (see also)—especially for entries that from a given perspective seem universal and needing no explanation, like the couple demonstrating high-five (up high, down low, too slow) and their subsequent courtship and family—or on this case, The Shrug Guy—the embodiment of the gesture expressing indifference or not knowing, though not always reading the same. It used to be that one said that the word gullible was not listed in the dictionary (or that one’s photo was in there if you looked it up), and finding this iconic individual fifteen years later (see also) it’s not clear if he chose shrug-life or shrug-life chose him. More at the links above.
