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Here, the analogous situation would be an "average person" denying the joke was funny because they weren't in on it, despite the fact that they saw a bunch of people laughing hysterically at it.
(...a bunch of people who were willing to welcome them into their group if they caught up on the group's history, so they would be able to get the jokes!)
But people don't claim that their inside jokes are the highest form of culture and that others are somehow deficient for not wanting to join in on it.
I understand that if you invest some effort E into appreciating something, you'll appreciate it. The fact that I appreciate it for some (potentially huge) E does not somehow justify the effort -- you can say that about anything.
The appropriate comparison would be "what ways of amusing myself for that level of personal investment are the best"? And given these opportunity cost considerations, it's quite understandable why the utter indifference of the public is a strike against the field.