# How do I post a unicode shrug?

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**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-post-a-unicode-shrug/939655 "2021-04-09T04:48:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-post-a-unicode-shrug/939655/20 "2021-04-09T17:14:05Z")

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`* Category`  
` * Subcategory` - put two spaces in front of \*  
` * Subsubcategory` - put four spaces in front of \*

- Category
  - Subcategory
    - Subsubcategory

Fancier lists:

1. This is a paragraph belonging to list element labeled 1. Like all number lists, I simply started with the number, a period, then a space and it automatically handled the indentation. Wrapping should be handled automatically, so let’s ramble on a bit. It certainly seems to be working properly.

2. This is list element labeled 2. just to show how this all works. Like the first list item, I simply typed a 2 then a period, then a space.

Pretty useless on a message board, but checkboxes are easy:

`[] Pick me!`  
`[] No me!`

Pick me!  
 No me!

Perhaps you would like a horizontal line to break up sections of your post:

`---` or three asterisks or many other combinations, but I find the dashes easier to remember

* * *

That’s probably enough Markdown for now. Next we’ll start bugging @Ed_Zotti to give us LaTeX-like formatting abilities via the Discourse Math plugin and get really crazy with our posts. 🔢

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