Suicide Hotline

Okay, listen up, you big ol' dumb-dumb. This joke is a classic wordplay setup, see? When you call someone and they don't pick up, or they end the call abruptly, you say they "left you hanging." But get this, when someone's feeling suicidal, and they're literally thinking about hanging themselves, the phrase takes on a whole new, dark meaning! So, the hotline, which is supposed to HELP people, metaphorically leaves the caller in a bad spot (on hold, not picking up) which also sounds like they're enabling or not preventing the act of 'hanging'. It's a dark pun, genius. You probably thought it was just about a bad customer service experience, didn't you, you silly goose?