I’m trying to figure out this joke. Is the punchline that he was a gigolo and he got replaced be sextoys?
replyThat was my interpretation but nobody ever explained it.
replyI think the punchline is that workplace romance usually gets both parties fired, regardless of who initiated. Hence, doing "things" with the pickle slicer means the pickle slicer gets fired for participating...
replyThey're both misdirection jokes.
replyThe first one sounds like the dad was replaced by computers. But then reveals the dad is a sex worker and being replaced by sex toys.
The second one sounds like the person was being intimate with dangerous kitchen equipment, then reveals that a "pickle slicer" is a job for a human and not a machine.
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replyIt may be funny when it's a joke, not so when it's real.
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replyMy grandpa was a shoemaker. The real change in technology left his family in poverty in Chicago during the depression. I didn't hear anyone joke about that, directly.
replyJewish humor is frequently about laughing at your own pain. There's a genre of Jewish jokes created in concentration camps.