People often argue using bad assumptions.

the only correct first response.

Yeah, definitely good to make sure whether or not the suicidal person is “okay.”

How else would you know?

Dark humor aside, the correct first response is generally just to let them know you are there and ready to support them however they need. Encourage them to seek help.

laugh track

names 4 shows with no laugh track.

2 of them don’t even have a studio audience.

EDIT: Apparently they “sweetened” the live studio audience in Friends and BBT, so there’s that.

Office and Parks & Rec both famously have no laugh track.