diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/plushes.dm b/code/game/objects/items/plushes.dm
index e5deec0f2b77..867b89a4d783 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/plushes.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/plushes.dm
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 
 /obj/item/toy/plush/proc/heartbreak(obj/item/toy/plush/Brutus)
 	if(lover != Brutus)
-		to_chat(world, "lover != Brutus")
+		debug_admins("lover != Brutus")
 		return	//why are we considering someone we don't love?
 
 	scorned.Add(Brutus)
diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/ratvar_the_clockwork_justicar.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/ratvar_the_clockwork_justicar.dm
index 96dc92926d3a..c95a8c67cb5c 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/ratvar_the_clockwork_justicar.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/ratvar_the_clockwork_justicar.dm
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@
 		return
 	clashing = TRUE
 	GLOB.cult_narsie.clashing = TRUE
-	to_chat(world, "<span class='bold brass'><font size=5>\"YOU.\"</font></span>")
-	to_chat(world, "<span class='bold cult'><font size=5>\"Ratvar?!\"</font></span>")
+	send_to_playing_players("<span class='bold brass'><font size=5>\"YOU.\"</font></span>")
+	send_to_playing_players("<span class='bold cult'><font size=5>\"Ratvar?!\"</font></span>")
 	clash_of_the_titans(GLOB.cult_narsie) // >:(
 	return TRUE
 
diff --git a/code/modules/security_levels/security_levels.dm b/code/modules/security_levels/security_levels.dm
index f26fa0c62858..daf5b60f5879 100644
--- a/code/modules/security_levels/security_levels.dm
+++ b/code/modules/security_levels/security_levels.dm
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(security_level, SEC_LEVEL_GREEN)
           
 			if(SEC_LEVEL_GAMMA)
 				minor_announce(CONFIG_GET(string/alert_gamma), "Attention! Gamma security level activated!", TRUE)
-				SEND_SOUND(world, 'sound/misc/gamma_alert.ogg')
+				sound_to_playing_players('sound/misc/gamma_alert.ogg')
 				if(GLOB.security_level == SEC_LEVEL_GREEN)
 					modTimer = 0.25
 				else if(GLOB.security_level == SEC_LEVEL_BLUE)
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(security_level, SEC_LEVEL_GREEN)
 						
 			if(SEC_LEVEL_EPSILON)
 				minor_announce(CONFIG_GET(string/alert_epsilon), "Attention! Epsilon security level reached!", TRUE)
-				SEND_SOUND(world, 'sound/misc/epsilon_alert.ogg')
-				to_chat(world, span_notice("You get a bad feeling as you hear the Epsilon alert siren."))
+				sound_to_playing_players('sound/misc/epsilon_alert.ogg')
+				send_to_playing_players(span_notice("You get a bad feeling as you hear the Epsilon alert siren."))
 				if(GLOB.security_level < SEC_LEVEL_EPSILON)
 					modTimer = 1
 
diff --git a/yogstation/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm b/yogstation/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
index 8caf8e78a490..cf610cff3d07 100644
--- a/yogstation/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
+++ b/yogstation/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	var/fluff_revive = pick("revive","rejuvenate","rekindle","renew","restore","resuscitate","revitalize","repair")
 	var/fluff_everyone = pick("everyone","every single one of you","the populace","the masses","each person","anybody and everybody","every player","all the greytiders","all the wonderful individuals")
 
-	to_chat(world, "<b>[fluff_the] [fluff_adjective] [fluff_admins] have [fluff_decide] to [fluff_adverb] [fluff_revive] [fluff_everyone]. :)</b>")
+	send_to_playing_players("<b>[fluff_the] [fluff_adjective] [fluff_admins] have [fluff_decide] to [fluff_adverb] [fluff_revive] [fluff_everyone]. :)</b>")
 	message_admins("[src] revived [revive_count] mobs.")
 	log_admin("[src] revived [revive_count] mobs.")
 
diff --git a/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/darkspawn/darkspawn.dm b/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/darkspawn/darkspawn.dm
index f9ac2aa576c5..0957553f5fa5 100644
--- a/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/darkspawn/darkspawn.dm
+++ b/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/darkspawn/darkspawn.dm
@@ -334,11 +334,9 @@
 	H.do_jitter_animation(1000)
 	var/processed_message = span_velvet("<b>\[Mindlink\] [H.real_name] has not divulged in time and is now forcefully divulging.</b>")
 	for(var/mob/M in GLOB.player_list)
-		if(M.stat == DEAD)
-			var/link = FOLLOW_LINK(M, H)
-			to_chat(M, "[link] [processed_message]")
-		else if(isdarkspawn(M))
+		if(M.stat != DEAD && isdarkspawn(M))
 			to_chat(M, processed_message)
+	deadchat_broadcast(processed_message, null, H)
 	addtimer(CALLBACK(src, .proc/divulge), 25)
 	addtimer(CALLBACK(/atom/.proc/visible_message, H, span_boldwarning("[H]'s skin sloughs off, revealing black flesh covered in symbols!"), \
 	span_userdanger("You have forcefully divulged!")), 25)
@@ -369,8 +367,7 @@
 		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, .proc/sacrament_shuttle_call), 50)
 	for(var/V in abilities)
 		remove_ability(abilities[V], TRUE)
-	for(var/mob/M in GLOB.player_list)
-		M.playsound_local(M, 'yogstation/sound/magic/sacrament_complete.ogg', 70, FALSE, pressure_affected = FALSE)
+	sound_to_playing_players('yogstation/sound/magic/sacrament_complete.ogg', 70, FALSE, pressure_affected = FALSE)
 	psi = 9999
 	psi_cap = 9999
 	psi_regen = 9999
diff --git a/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/shadowling/ascendant_shadowling.dm b/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/shadowling/ascendant_shadowling.dm
index c352c479517d..2be8e231e6a0 100644
--- a/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/shadowling/ascendant_shadowling.dm
+++ b/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/shadowling/ascendant_shadowling.dm
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/ascendant_shadowling/singularity_act()
 	to_chat(src, "<span class='shadowling>NO NO NO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-</span>")
-	to_chat(world, span_shadowling("<b>\"<font size=6>NO!</font> <font size=5>I will</font> <font size=4>not be.... destroyed</font> <font size=3>by a....</font> <font size=2>AAAAAAA-</font>\""))
+	send_to_playing_players(span_shadowling("<b>\"<font size=6>NO!</font> <font size=5>I will</font> <font size=4>not be.... destroyed</font> <font size=3>by a....</font> <font size=2>AAAAAAA-</font>\""))
 	for(var/X in GLOB.alive_mob_list)
 		var/mob/M = X
 		to_chat(M, span_notice("<i><b>You feel a woosh as newly released energy temporarily distorts space itself...</b></i>"))
-		SEND_SOUND(M, sound('sound/hallucinations/wail.ogg'))
+	sound_to_playing_players('sound/hallucinations/wail.ogg') // Ghosts have ears!!
 	. = ..()
diff --git a/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/shadowling/special_shadowling_abilities.dm b/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/shadowling/special_shadowling_abilities.dm
index 05e19785fc36..084a144b1abd 100644
--- a/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/shadowling/special_shadowling_abilities.dm
+++ b/yogstation/code/modules/antagonists/shadowling/special_shadowling_abilities.dm
@@ -162,9 +162,8 @@
 			for(var/mob/living/M in orange(7, H))
 				M.Knockdown(10)
 				to_chat(M, span_userdanger("An immense pressure slams you onto the ground!"))
-			to_chat(world, "<font size=5><span class='shadowling'><b>\"VYSHA NERADA YEKHEZET U'RUU!!\"</font></span>")
-			for(var/mob/M in GLOB.player_list)
-				SEND_SOUND(M, sound('sound/hallucinations/veryfar_noise.ogg'))
+			send_to_playing_players("<font size=5><span class='shadowling'><b>\"VYSHA NERADA YEKHEZET U'RUU!!\"</font></span>")
+			sound_to_playing_players('sound/hallucinations/veryfar_noise.ogg')
 			for(var/obj/machinery/power/apc/A in GLOB.apcs_list)
 				A.overload_lighting()
 			SSachievements.unlock_achievement(/datum/achievement/greentext/slingascend, H.client)
diff --git a/yogstation/code/modules/guardian/abilities/special/pocket.dm b/yogstation/code/modules/guardian/abilities/special/pocket.dm
index 894c785c558e..f4a92aac025c 100644
--- a/yogstation/code/modules/guardian/abilities/special/pocket.dm
+++ b/yogstation/code/modules/guardian/abilities/special/pocket.dm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(pocket_mirrors)
 	. = ..()
 	var/datum/space_level/level = SSmapping.get_level(z)
 	if (!level)
-		to_chat(world, "uh oh, stinky!!")
+		debug_admins("uh oh, stinky!!")
 		return INITIALIZE_HINT_QDEL
 	GLOB.pocket_corners[level.name] = list(
 		"bl-corner" = get_turf(src), // Bottom left corner