People love inside jokes. However, inside jokes are not actually jokes. They are usually moments that something funny happened. They should be called insider moments. "Pretty Bison" is not a joke. You might think that the word bison is funny, and it is really really funny, but it is still not a joke. Urban Dictionary defines and inside joke as "An inside joke is a joke formed between two or more people that no one other than those few people will ever understand until you explain it to them. And even when you do explain it to them, they may get the joke but may not find it even remotely amusing. People generally find inside jokes annoying, as the joke makes absolutely no sense on its own in any context. I find that most of the stupidest ones that have been formed by own group were formed by accident. Perhaps that is why most of them make absolutely no sense" (http://bit.ly/knD6xB) This is my exact feeling.
It's like telling secrets, it's not nice unless everyone knows what you are talking about. Or whatever that saying is. I admit to having inside jokes (and OH MAN are they funny) but I don't flaunt them willy-nilly. You have to inside joke in the right environment, namely among friends. This is what inside jokes are like if you aren't 'in:'
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