2014-07-10
Explanation
The Joke
A woman is yelling at a man: "Stop that! You can't draw dicks on people every time they fall asleep!" The man looks annoyed and is holding a marker. The caption below reads: "Look, if that baby doesn't want to be drawn on, it shouldn't sleep 16 hours a day."
The Humor
The setup leads the reader to assume this is a typical domestic scenario -- perhaps a college-age prank of drawing on a sleeping roommate or friend. The punchline reveals the "person" being drawn on is actually a baby, which makes the situation both more absurd and more inappropriate. The man's defense -- that the baby "shouldn't sleep 16 hours a day" -- applies the logic of frat-house pranking to infant care, treating the baby as though it is choosing to be a target by sleeping so much. The humor comes from the complete inappropriateness of applying party-prank norms to parenting, and the man's total lack of awareness that babies are not consenting adults who deserve what they get for passing out.