Yes, the failure to success scale of puns is measured in anger. A pun so awful it makes the listener angry is a grand success.
I once heard someone say that the best puns cause physical pain, either with the listener groaning or the listener punching, but either way the pain is the proof of success.
The groans are not usefully distinct from being told you're clever, the groans mean the audience gets it.
If you know other people don't like it and you do it anyway, then you're just being a dick.