Three, actually. The backslash disappears because it’s used up to cancel the undescores (italics in markdown). By doubling it, you no longer escape from the italics so the backslash is visible, but the arms and face end up looking like this: ¯\(ツ)/¯.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Here you go, friend:
(づ￣ ³￣)づ \
(You have to do two backslashes to not lose the arm :3)
Three to not lose the _!
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give DIRETIDE
Three, actually. The backslash disappears because it’s used up to cancel the undescores (italics in markdown). By doubling it, you no longer escape from the italics so the backslash is visible, but the arms and face end up looking like this: ¯\(ツ)/¯.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Now these are some core memories.