Like you said, it's just banter.
Tell them that they're all idiots and that you're enlightened.

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Because they think everybody has the same basic needs. Which is true to an extent, but they misinterpret and project normal needs onto people who don't fit the bill like yourself. They'll never understand because they will never be in your shoes. They lack the capacity for empathy to stop and think just how lame the humor they subject you to really is. Furthermore, they lack the culture to understand just how lame those jokes are.

Banter is banter, if it stings it sends a message. Both ways.
They think they are entitled to telling you this because they're "more experienced"
The list goes on, it's all bullshit. They're just as clueless as anybody else when it comes to living. That is ultimately why they will parrot the same garbage as any other family. If an r9kbot filter was put on all families most of them would be muted for the remainder of their miserable lives.

>meth addict cousin calls me fat
>I smile and tell him to brush his teeth