It turns out that 5 years ago or even more, when my English wasn’t very good (not that it is now) I’ve stumbled upon the English verb “to shrug” and I’ve assumed that it means “to scratch (my head)“. Since then I’ve used “/me shrugs” probably a gazillion times during technical discussion on IRC. I was merely intending to mean “/me is scratching (head, thinking hard on what was said)“.

Please accept my personal apology if I made you feel ignored or disrespected in any way! It wasn’t my intention!