How to Tell If Your Baby Is Dead

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BABY IS DEAD NORMAL FLOPPY

A black-and-white instructional-style cartoon compares a baby held horizontally in a stiff, kicking “normal” pose with a limp baby hanging loosely under the label “FLOPPY.” The joke is dark, presenting a baby’s lack of muscle tone as a supposedly practical test for whether it is dead, so it is used as an absurd and morbid reaction meme. EN: A black-and-white instructional-style cartoon compares a baby held horizontally in a stiff, kicking “normal” pose with a limp baby hanging loosely under the label “FLOPPY.” The joke is dark, presenting a baby’s lack of muscle tone as a supposedly practical test for whether it is dead, so it is used as an absurd and morbid reaction meme.

• @afrosidemoon / 30320 2020-08-01