diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/teshari.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/teshari.dm
index 42afbbdbfc..c2864e9f7c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/teshari.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/teshari.dm
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 	// Handled!
 	if(!silent)
 		to_chat(H, SPAN_NOTICE("You catch the air in your wings and greatly slow your fall."))
-		landing.visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [H] glides down from above, landing safely."))
+		landing.visible_message("<b>\The [H]</b> glides down from above, landing safely.")
 		H.Stun(1)
 		playsound(H, "rustle", 25, 1)
 	return TRUE
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/_thinktank.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/_thinktank.dm
index f777fe7996..cc0b3785b6 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/_thinktank.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/_thinktank.dm
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@
 
 			if(!recharge_complete && recharging_atom.percent() >= 100)
 				recharge_complete = TRUE
-				visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [src] beeps and flashes a green light above \his recharging port."))
+				visible_message("<b>\The [src]</b> beeps and flashes a green light above \his recharging port.")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/thinktank_interactions.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/thinktank_interactions.dm
index f9a78b4f12..0c981cb4b2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/thinktank_interactions.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/thinktank_interactions.dm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 			if(istype(recharging_atom) && !QDELETED(recharging_atom) && recharging_atom.loc == src)
 				recharging_atom.dropInto(loc)
 				user.put_in_hands(recharging_atom)
-				user.visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [user] pops \the [recharging_atom] out of \the [src]'s recharging port."))
+				user.visible_message("<b>\The [user]</b> pops \the [recharging_atom] out of \the [src]'s recharging port.")
 			recharging = null
 			return TRUE
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 			W.forceMove(src)
 			recharging = weakref(W)
 			recharge_complete = FALSE
-			user.visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [user] slots \the [W] into \the [src]'s recharging port."))
+			user.visible_message("<b>\The [user]</b> slots \the [W] into \the [src]'s recharging port.")
 		return TRUE
 
 	if(istype(W, /obj/item/device/floor_painter))
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/thinktank_storage.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/thinktank_storage.dm
index ec6d6f4267..6ffe75bfe3 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/thinktank_storage.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/subtypes/thinktank/thinktank_storage.dm
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@
 	if(istype(ejecting) && !QDELETED(ejecting) && ejecting.loc == src)
 		ejecting.dropInto(loc)
 		if(user == src)
-			visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [src] ejects \the [ejecting] from its cargo compartment."))
+			visible_message("<b>\The [src]</b> ejects \the [ejecting] from its cargo compartment.")
 		else
-			user.visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [user] pulls \the [ejecting] from \the [src]'s cargo compartment."))
+			user.visible_message("<b>\The [user]</b> pulls \the [ejecting] from \the [src]'s cargo compartment.")
 
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/platform/attack_ai(mob/user)
 	if(isrobot(user) && user.Adjacent(src))
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 	if(!istype(removing) || QDELETED(removing) || removing.loc != src)
 		LAZYREMOVE(stored_atoms, remove_ref)
 	else
-		user.visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [user] begins unloading \the [removing] from \the [src]'s cargo compartment."))
+		user.visible_message("<b>\The [user]</b> begins unloading \the [removing] from \the [src]'s cargo compartment.")
 		if(do_after(user, 3 SECONDS, src) && !QDELETED(removing) && removing.loc == src)
 			drop_stored_atom(removing, user)
 	return TRUE
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
 	if(!can_mouse_drop(dropping, user) || !can_store_atom(dropping, user))
 		return FALSE
 	if(user == src)
-		visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [src] begins loading \the [dropping] into its cargo compartment."))
+		visible_message("<b>\The [src]</b> begins loading \the [dropping] into its cargo compartment.")
 	else
-		user.visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [user] begins loading \the [dropping] into \the [src]'s cargo compartment."))
+		user.visible_message("<b>\The [user]</b> begins loading \the [dropping] into \the [src]'s cargo compartment.")
 	if(do_after(user, 3 SECONDS, src) && can_mouse_drop(dropping, user) && can_store_atom(dropping, user))
 		store_atom(dropping, user)
 	return FALSE
diff --git a/code/modules/paperwork/paper_sticky.dm b/code/modules/paperwork/paper_sticky.dm
index 4332be7762..04f4249cfb 100644
--- a/code/modules/paperwork/paper_sticky.dm
+++ b/code/modules/paperwork/paper_sticky.dm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		var/text = sanitizeSafe(input(usr, "What would you like to write?") as text, writing_space)
 		if(!text || thing.loc != user || (!Adjacent(user) && loc != user) || user.incapacitated())
 			return
-		user.visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("\The [user] jots a note down on \the [src]."))
+		user.visible_message("<b>\The [user]</b> jots a note down on \the [src].")
 		written_by = user.ckey
 		if(written_text)
 			written_text = "[written_text] [text]"