On the one hand, yes.

On the other hand, even if it is unnecessary effort, spelling it out can be a form of rhetorical emphasis distinct from simply putting it in quotes.

Some people just slept in the day they were handing out common sense.

I envy you the beauty sleep.

Damn this meme image is crisp as fuck.

The unsubtlety of the metaphor is the metaphor though.

I honestly think this will be a future classic if society survives long enough for such things.