diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
index dc35e65c47..7ce3f78da0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/human/say_mod(input, message_mode)
 	verb_say = dna.species.say_mod
 	switch(slurring)
-		if(25 to 50)
+		if(10 to 25)
 			return "jumbles"
-		if(50 to 75)
+		if(25 to 50)
 			return "slurs"
-		if(75 to INFINITY)
+		if(50 to INFINITY)
 			return "garbles"
 		else
 			. = ..()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
index 6111a92e99..e757e6dcf4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ballmer_windows_me_msg, list("Yo man, what if, we like, uh, put
 	if(stuttering)
 		stuttering = max(stuttering-1, 0)
 
-	if(slurring)
+	if(slurring || drunkenness)
 		slurring = max(slurring-1,0,drunkenness)
 
 	if(cultslurring)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
index 3d4e356464..776bd04935 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_helpers.dm
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 	return sanitize(t)
 
 /proc/slur(n,var/strength=50)
+	strength = min(strength,50)
 	var/phrase = html_decode(n)
 	var/leng = lentext(phrase)
 	var/counter=lentext(phrase)
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
 	var/newletter=""
 	while(counter>=1)
 		newletter=copytext(phrase,(leng-counter)+1,(leng-counter)+2)
-		if(rand(1,100)<=strength)
+		if(rand(1,100)<=strength*0.5)
 			if(lowertext(newletter)=="o")
 				newletter="u"
 			if(lowertext(newletter)=="s")
@@ -83,12 +84,12 @@
 				newletter="oo"
 			if(lowertext(newletter)=="c")
 				newletter="k"
-		if(rand(1,100) <= strength*0.5)
+		if(rand(1,100) <= strength*0.25)
 			if(newletter==" ")
 				newletter="...huuuhhh..."
 			if(newletter==".")
 				newletter=" *BURP*."
-		if(rand(1,100) <= strength)
+		if(rand(1,100) <= strength*0.5)
 			if(rand(1,5) == 1)
 				newletter+="'"
 			if(rand(1,5) == 1)