Despite Jokes

Jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains.
This gives me hope for the next generation.
Once there was a doctor who got shot. He adamantly wanted to perform surgery on himself, despite all of the other surgeons saying that he shouldn't.
But he was so insistent that they finally said "Fine, suture self."
During the divorce, the judge couldn't decide who got the shack in the backyard, despite our numerous arguments.
It was a case of he shed, she shed.
Despite his puns being so orange-inal, nobody really likes them.
Despite the pun being so orange-inal, it wasn’t all that funny.
I recently heard on the news that due to newly detected fungus infection in the onions, the government was recalling all the recent packages of the vegetables. Despite being a farmer, I had no tears to shed over this.