So when I decided to create an Instagram page, I talked to my brother, who is a graphics designer, about it. Initially, I just wanted it to be a text-only page, where I just write the jokes and post them. My brother suggested I have a character say the jokes and he designed that template for me. The Dino is named after me!

I post all kinds of jokes, but I really prefer puns and double entendres. I try to select jokes which are easy to understand, have no very big words, not very geographically specific (e.g. if the pun is about a dish only eaten in Singapore, people reading it from Brazil might not get the joke). Also, I try to vary the jokes as much as possible, some people like the really simple, straightforward “dumb” jokes, while some like the more clever ones.

My all-time favorite joke would be “If you're ever skydiving and your parachute fails to open, don't panic…you still have the rest of your life to try and fix it.” Not exactly a pun, but I noticed that when I posted that joke, my audience especially loved it. In fact, the post went viral, getting about 60k likes. I think my audience like dark jokes!

I just try to keep it simple, I don’t really consider myself an “influencer.” I’m still that guy who just wants to share his bad jokes with the world. So I just continue sharing the jokes as if I had only 10 followers.

I’m so happy when my followers message me telling me how they told the joke they saw on my page at a family dinner or at work and everyone groaned.

When I opened the YouTube page last month, I was scared because I learned animation from scratch and honestly, I didn’t think my animation was particularly good, but my followers were so supportive and I appreciate that!