When I make a joke with friends and people don't get it, I don't think of it as a "you had to be there" type thing, but rather a "you have to be mentally retarded like us" kind of thing.When I make a joke with friends and people don't get it, I don't think of it as a "you had to be there" type thing, but rather a "you have to be mentally retarded like us" kind of thing.