diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/traps/brass_skewer.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/traps/brass_skewer.dm
index a4b19f2d40..f1ce13a90f 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/traps/brass_skewer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/traps/brass_skewer.dm
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@
 		"<span class='danger'>You start tenderly lifting [skewee] off of [src]...</span>")
 		if(!do_after(user, 60, target = skewee))
 			skewee.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[skewee] painfully slides back down [src].</span>")
+			if(skewee.stat >= UNCONSCIOUS)
+				return //by ratvar, no more spamming my deadchat, holy fuck
 			skewee.say("Oof, ouch owwie!!", forced = "fail brass skewer removal")
 			return
 	skewee.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[skewee] comes free of [src] with a squelching pop!</span>", \