diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
index e76c2055b7..d1c3eb94ff 100644
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
@@ -1,40 +1,20 @@
-/proc/send2irc(var/channel, var/msg)
-	return  // VOREStation Edit - Can't exploit shell if we never call shell!
-	if (config.use_irc_bot)
-		if (config.use_node_bot)
-			shell("node bridge.js -h \"[config.irc_bot_host]\" -p \"[config.irc_bot_port]\" -c \"[channel]\" -m \"[escape_shell_arg(msg)]\"")
-		else
-			if (config.irc_bot_host)
-				if(config.irc_bot_export)
-					spawn(-1) // spawn here prevents hanging in the case that the bot isn't reachable
-						world.Export("http://[config.irc_bot_host]:45678?[list2params(list(pwd=config.comms_password, chan=channel, mesg=msg))]")
-				else
-					if(config.use_lib_nudge)
-						var/nudge_lib
-						if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
-							nudge_lib = "lib\\nudge.dll"
-						else
-							nudge_lib = "lib/nudge.so"
-
-						spawn(0)
-							call(nudge_lib, "nudge")("[config.comms_password]","[config.irc_bot_host]","[channel]","[escape_shell_arg(msg)]")
-					else
-						spawn(0)
-							ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] [channel] [escape_shell_arg(msg)]")
+/proc/send2irc(var/msg, var/admin = 0)
+	if(config.use_irc_bot)
+		reject_bad_text(msg)
+		if(admin)
+			msg = "ADMIN - [msg]"
+		// 3rd param is unused in the bot, would spend time to fix this but I'm lazy. - Jon
+		ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] null [msg]")
 	return
 
 /proc/send2mainirc(var/msg)
-	if(config.main_irc)
-		send2irc(config.main_irc, msg)
+	send2irc(msg)
 	return
 
 /proc/send2adminirc(var/msg)
-	if(config.admin_irc)
-		send2irc(config.admin_irc, msg)
+	send2irc(msg, 1)
 	return
 
-
 /hook/startup/proc/ircNotify()
-	send2mainirc("Server starting up on byond://[config.serverurl ? config.serverurl : (config.server ? config.server : "[world.address]:[world.port]")]")
+	send2mainirc("Server starting up on [config.server? "byond://[config.server]" : "byond://[world.address]:[world.port]"]")
 	return 1
-
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
index eb6e61aea2..bdb25d6900 100644
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
 	return arg
 
 /proc/ext_python(var/script, var/args, var/scriptsprefix = 1)
-	return  // VOREStation Edit - Can't exploit shell if we never call shell!
-	if(scriptsprefix)
-		script = "scripts/" + script
+	if(scriptsprefix) script = "scripts/" + script
 
 	if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
 		script = replacetext(script, "/", "\\")
 
 	var/command = config.python_path + " " + script + " " + args
-	return shell(command)
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+	shell("[command]")
+	return
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/syringes.dm b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/syringes.dm
index 68cc9d6921..4f3e92f955 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/syringes.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/syringes.dm
@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@
 			var/contained = reagentlist()
 			while(reagents.total_volume)
 				if(ismob(target))
-					trans += reagents.trans_to_mob(target, amount_per_transfer_from_this, CHEM_BLOOD)	
+					trans += reagents.trans_to_mob(target, amount_per_transfer_from_this, CHEM_BLOOD)
 				else
 					trans += reagents.trans_to_obj(target, amount_per_transfer_from_this)
 				update_icon()
 				if(!reagents.total_volume || !do_after(user,cycle_time,target))
 					break
-			
+
 			if (reagents.total_volume <= 0 && mode == SYRINGE_INJECT)
 				mode = SYRINGE_DRAW
 				update_icon()
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 			else
 				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>The syringe is empty.</span>")
 
-			dirty(target,affected) //VOREStation Add
+//			dirty(target,affected) //VOREStation Add // ARFS REMOVED *dab*
 
 	return
 /* VOREStation Edit - See syringes_vr.dm
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/syringes_vr.dm b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/syringes_vr.dm
index b3c9688919..b08a17718f 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/syringes_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/reagent_containers/syringes_vr.dm
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 		processing_objects -= src
 	return 1
 
+// ARF EDIT - Removes the infection after a used syringe.
+
+/*
 /obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/syringe/proc/dirty(var/mob/living/carbon/human/target, var/obj/item/organ/external/eo)
 	if(!ishuman(loc))
 		return //Avoid borg syringe problems.
@@ -64,7 +67,10 @@
 		var/obj/item/organ/external/found_limb = limb_ref.resolve()
 		if(istype(found_limb))
 			eo.germ_level += INFECTION_LEVEL_ONE+30
-	
+*/
+
+// ARF EDIT END
+
 //Allow for capped syringe mode
 /obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/syringe/attack_self(mob/user as mob)
 	switch(mode)
@@ -79,10 +85,10 @@
 			return
 	update_icon()
 
-//Allow for capped syringes 
+//Allow for capped syringes
 /obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/syringe/update_icon()
 	cut_overlays(src)
-	
+
 	var/matrix/tf = matrix()
 	if(isstorage(loc))
 		tf.Turn(-90) //Vertical for storing compact-ly
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@
 			if (SYRINGE_INJECT)
 				injoverlay = "inject"
 		new_overlays += injoverlay
-	
+
 	add_overlay(new_overlays)
 	icon_state = "[rounded_vol]"
 	item_state = "syringe_[rounded_vol]"
diff --git a/scripts/ircbot_message.py b/scripts/ircbot_message.py
index 4339019e03..fc029772f9 100644
--- a/scripts/ircbot_message.py
+++ b/scripts/ircbot_message.py
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # Four arguments, password host channel and message.
 # EG: "ircbot_message.py hunter2 example.com #adminchannel ADMINHELP, people are killing me!"
 
-import sys,cPickle,socket,HTMLParser
+import sys
+import socket
 
 def pack():
-    ht = HTMLParser.HTMLParser()
-    
-    passwd = sys.argv[1]
-    ip = sys.argv[3]
+
     try:
-        data = []
-        for in_data in sys.argv[4:]: #The rest of the arguments is data
-            data += {ht.unescape(in_data)}
+        data = sys.argv[4:]
+        print(data)
     except:
         data = "NO DATA SPECIFIED"
-    dictionary = {"ip":ip,"data":[passwd] + data}
-    pickled = cPickle.dumps(dictionary)
-    nudge(pickled)
+    data = str(data)
+    data = bytes(data, "ascii")
+    print(data)
+    nudge(data)
+
 def nudge(data):
     HOST = sys.argv[2]
     PORT = 45678
     s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    s.connect((HOST,PORT))
+    s.connect((HOST, PORT))
     s.send(data)
     s.close()
 
-if __name__ == "__main__" and len(sys.argv) > 1: # If not imported and more than one argument
-    pack()
+if __name__ == "__main__" and len(sys.argv) > 1:  # If not imported and more than one argument
+    pack()
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