diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
index 2162e3488ac..ad191db2570 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
@@ -249,7 +249,10 @@
 				var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = src
 				H.w_uniform.add_fingerprint(M)
 
-			if(!client || !key || player_logged)
+			var/show_ssd
+			var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = src
+			if(istype(H)) show_ssd = H.species.show_ssd
+			if(show_ssd && (!client || !key || player_logged))
 				M.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[M] shakes [src] trying to wake [t_him] up!</span>", \
 				"<span class='notice'>You shake [src], but they do not respond... Maybe they have S.S.D?</span>")
 			else if(lying || src.sleeping)
@@ -259,7 +262,6 @@
 				M.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[M] shakes [src] trying to wake [t_him] up!", \
 									"<span class='notice'>You shake [src] trying to wake [t_him] up!")
 			else
-				var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = M
 				if(istype(H))
 					H.species.hug(H,src)
 				else
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
index 3e04dbe023f..078e4568dbc 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@
 
 	if(species.show_ssd && (!species.has_organ["brain"] || has_brain()) && stat != DEAD)
 		if(!key)
-			msg += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] fast asleep. It doesn't look like they are waking up anytime soon.</span>\n"
+			msg += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] [species.show_ssd]. It doesn't look like they are waking up anytime soon.</span>\n"
 		else if(!client)
-			msg += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] fast asleep.</span>\n"
+			msg += "<span class='deadsay'>[t_He] [t_is] [species.show_ssd].</span>\n"
 
 	var/list/wound_flavor_text = list()
 	var/list/is_destroyed = list()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
index a38c6e6b9ac..709ab2bfb85 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
 		if(status_flags & GODMODE)	return 0
 
 		//SSD check, if a logged player is awake put them back to sleep!
-		if((!client || !key || player_logged) && sleeping < 2)
+		if(sleeping < 2 && species.show_ssd && (!client || !key || player_logged))
 			sleeping = 2
 
 		if(stat == DEAD)	//DEAD. BROWN BREAD. SWIMMING WITH THE SPESS CARP
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
index 1bc6ca880a5..82d12d08ba9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	var/race_key = 0       	                             // Used for mob icon cache string.
 	var/icon/icon_template                               // Used for mob icon generation for non-32x32 species.
 	var/is_small
-	var/show_ssd = 1
+	var/show_ssd = "fast asleep"
 
 	// Language/culture vars.
 	var/default_language = "Galactic Common" // Default language is used when 'say' is used without modifiers.
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/monkey.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/monkey.dm
index 64e12eadfa1..6ae24db2f63 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/monkey.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/monkey.dm
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 	greater_form = "Human"
 	is_small = 1
 	has_fine_manipulation = 0
-	show_ssd = 0
+	show_ssd = null
+
 	eyes = "blank_eyes"
 
 	gibbed_anim = "gibbed-m"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/station.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/station.dm
index 985a5dac097..e9da37c2c9d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/station.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/station.dm
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@
 	hud_type = /datum/hud_data/diona
 	siemens_coefficient = 0.3
 	eyes = "blank_eyes"
+	show_ssd = "completely quiescent"
+
 
 	blurb = "Commonly referred to (erroneously) as 'plant people', the Dionaea are a strange space-dwelling collective \
 	species hailing from Epsilon Ursae Minoris. Each 'diona' is a cluster of numerous cat-sized organisms called nymphs; \
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@
 	eyes = "blank_eyes"
 	brute_mod = 0.5
 	burn_mod = 1
+	show_ssd = "flashing a 'system offline' glyph on their monitor"
 
 	warning_low_pressure = 50
 	hazard_low_pressure = 0