diff --git a/code/game/dna/dna_modifier.dm b/code/game/dna/dna_modifier.dm
index 7e9b6c34634..5d1bb0c98b0 100644
--- a/code/game/dna/dna_modifier.dm
+++ b/code/game/dna/dna_modifier.dm
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='boldnotice'>[src] is already occupied!</span>")
 		return
 	if(usr.abiotic())
-		to_chat(usr, "<span class='boldnotice'>Subject cannot have abiotic items on.</span>")
+		to_chat(usr, "<span class='boldnotice'>Subject may not hold anything in their hands.</span>")
 		return
 	if(usr.has_buckled_mobs()) //mob attached to us
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>[usr] will not fit into [src] because [usr.p_they()] [usr.p_have()] a slime latched onto [usr.p_their()] head.</span>")
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 	if(!istype(L) || L.buckled)
 		return
 	if(L.abiotic())
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Subject cannot have abiotic items on.</span>")
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Subject may not hold anything in their hands.</span>")
 		return
 	if(L.has_buckled_mobs()) //mob attached to us
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[L] will not fit into [src] because [L.p_they()] [L.p_have()] a slime latched onto [L.p_their()] head.</span>")
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='boldnotice'>The scanner is already occupied!</span>")
 			return
 		if(G.affecting.abiotic())
-			to_chat(user, "<span class='boldnotice'>Subject cannot have abiotic items on.</span>")
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='boldnotice'>Subject may not hold anything in their hands.</span>")
 			return
 		if(G.affecting.has_buckled_mobs()) //mob attached to us
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[G] will not fit into [src] because [G.affecting.p_they()] [G.affecting.p_have()] a slime latched onto [G.affecting.p_their()] head.</span>")
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/Sleeper.dm b/code/game/machinery/Sleeper.dm
index 57062a6e806..1272a667baa 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/Sleeper.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/Sleeper.dm
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 	if(!istype(L) || L.buckled)
 		return
 	if(L.abiotic())
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='boldnotice'>Subject cannot have abiotic items on.</span>")
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='boldnotice'>Subject may not hold anything in their hands.</span>")
 		return
 	if(L.has_buckled_mobs()) //mob attached to us
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[L] will not fit into [src] because [L.p_they()] [L.p_have()] a slime latched onto [L.p_their()] head.</span>")
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/adv_med.dm b/code/game/machinery/adv_med.dm
index 9b16d52383c..52857a071dc 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/adv_med.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/adv_med.dm
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 			return
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/M = TYPECAST_YOUR_SHIT.affecting
 		if(M.abiotic())
-			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Subject cannot have abiotic items on.</span>")
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Subject may not hold anything in their hands.</span>")
 			return
 		M.forceMove(src)
 		occupant = M
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 	if(H.buckled)
 		return FALSE
 	if(H.abiotic())
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Subject cannot have abiotic items on.</span>")
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Subject may not hold anything in their hands.</span>")
 		return FALSE
 	if(H.has_buckled_mobs()) //mob attached to us
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[H] will not fit into [src] because [H.p_they()] [H.p_have()] a slime latched onto [H.p_their()] head.</span>")
diff --git a/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/unary_devices/cryo.dm b/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/unary_devices/cryo.dm
index 3943bde9a1d..8a5743da3d3 100644
--- a/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/unary_devices/cryo.dm
+++ b/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/unary_devices/cryo.dm
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	if(!istype(L) || L.buckled)
 		return
 	if(L.abiotic())
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Subject cannot have abiotic items on.</span>")
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Subject may not hold anything in their hands.</span>")
 		return
 	if(L.has_buckled_mobs()) //mob attached to us
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>[L] will not fit into [src] because [L.p_they()] [L.p_have()] a slime latched onto [L.p_their()] head.</span>")
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='danger'>The cryo cell is already occupied!</span>")
 		return
 	if(M.abiotic())
-		to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>Subject may not have abiotic items on.</span>")
+		to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>Subject may not hold anything in their hands.</span>")
 		return
 	if(!node)
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>The cell is not correctly connected to its pipe network!</span>")
diff --git a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/gibber.dm b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/gibber.dm
index 4ec135e9e01..b2443b4d8a7 100644
--- a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/gibber.dm
+++ b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/gibber.dm
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>This is not suitable for [src]!</span>")
 		return
 
-	if(victim.abiotic(1))
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Subject may not have abiotic items on.</span>")
+	if(victim.abiotic(TRUE))
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Subject may not have anything on their body.</span>")
 		return
 
 	user.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[user] starts to put [victim] into [src]!</span>")