<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

I've been eating a mainly vegan diet for about three years and made the 'official' switch a few months ago.  A handful of my friends are really opposed to the idea because it's 'weird' to them and they're all, like many on reddit, meat lovers.  And I completely understand this.  I didn't stop eating meat because I don't like the taste; I'm a really excellent cook and love all things non-vegan.  I went vegan for other reasons.  Anyway, they always bring it up and usually, particularly if drinking is involved, they end up making really insensitive jokes about how if I mix up a word I did it because I'm a 'malnourished vegan'. That kind of thing and, being the only one, they gang up on me rather quickly.  In these instances my reaction has been to just try to laugh it off and give them the excuse, in my head, that they're just drunk and don't realize they're being jerks.  I've called a couple of them out on it in the past, probably a year ago or something.  But I don't feel able to confront a group of people who obviously don't care what my heartfelt beliefs are because I know I'd do it in anger and that I would probably end up just pointing out how they're a bunch of fat-asses and not exactly bastions of good health/diet.  But I don't say this stuff because I know it would hurt them.   Sigh.  I just don't know what to do.  Should I just drop them as my friends? Find some that are more supportive?  I really like them apart from this one aspect.
<bot>: my friends don't support my diet choices despite my asking them on multiple occasions that they respect me and it's getting worse, not better. What do?