diff --git a/labscore/constants.js b/labscore/constants.js
index e2dd611..3fe536d 100644
--- a/labscore/constants.js
+++ b/labscore/constants.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ module.exports.COLORS = Object.freeze({
   warning: 16426522,
   embed: 2829617,
   brand: 6809687,
-  nsfw: 15549056
+  nsfw: 15549056,
+  incognito: 10057726,
 })
 
 module.exports.BADGE_ICONS = Object.freeze({
diff --git a/labscore/paginator/structures/BasePaginator.js b/labscore/paginator/structures/BasePaginator.js
index 5c72d0d..a5b0f28 100644
--- a/labscore/paginator/structures/BasePaginator.js
+++ b/labscore/paginator/structures/BasePaginator.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const EventEmitter = require("eventemitter3");
 const { Context } = require("detritus-client/lib/command");
+const { editOrReply } = require("#utils/message");
 
 module.exports = class BasePaginator extends EventEmitter {
   constructor(client, data) {
@@ -10,13 +11,15 @@ module.exports = class BasePaginator extends EventEmitter {
     this.pages = data.pages;
     this.index = 0;
 
+    this.context = data.context;
+    
     this.targetUser = data.targetUser || this.message?.author?.id || data.context?.user?.id;
 
     this.isInteractionPaginator = false;
     this.editOrReply;
-    if(data.context.editOrReply) this.editOrReply = data.context.editOrReply.bind(data.context);
+    if(data.context.editOrReply) this.editOrReply = editOrReply.bind(data.context);
     if(data.context.editOrRespond){
-      this.editOrReply = data.context.editOrRespond.bind(data.context);
+      this.editOrReply = editOrReply.bind(data.context);
       this.isInteractionPaginator = true;
     }
   }
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ module.exports = class BasePaginator extends EventEmitter {
     if(!msg.message_reference) msg.reference = true
     if(!msg.allowedMentions) msg.allowedMentions = {parse: [], repliedUser: false}
 
-    return this.commandMessage = await this.editOrReply(msg);
+    return this.commandMessage = await this.editOrReply(this.context, msg);
   }
 
   async previous() {
diff --git a/labscore/utils/message.js b/labscore/utils/message.js
index e10a5c9..89c77e0 100644
--- a/labscore/utils/message.js
+++ b/labscore/utils/message.js
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 const { Permissions, MessageFlags } = require("detritus-client/lib/constants")
 const { basecamp } = require("../logging")
 const { createEmbed } = require("./embed")
+const { COLORS } = require("#constants")
+
+/**
+ * These will force the command to become "incognito".
+ */
+const BLOCK_REASONS = {
+  20016: "Slowmode",
+  200000: "AutoMod"
+}
 
 module.exports.editOrReply = function(context, message, disableReference = false){
   // Apply message_reference
@@ -21,41 +30,42 @@ module.exports.editOrReply = function(context, message, disableReference = false
 
   // you can figure out what this does on your own time
   message.nonce = Math.floor(Math.random() * 9999 + 1000)
+  message.flags = flags;
 
   // Handle responses for interaction context
+  console.log("responding" + Date.now() + " (flags " + flags + ")")
+  console.log(context._meta)
   if(context.editOrRespond){
-    return context.editOrRespond(message).catch((e)=>{
-      /*
-        Discord in their infinite wisdom decided that *bots* should
-        be the one to handle automod errors on their own, deciding
-        against adding a notice/response type for their frontend.
+    if(context._meta?.replacementMessageId){
+      console.log("responding via hack")
+      return context.editMessage(context._meta.replacementMessageId, message).catch((e)=>{
+        basecamp(`<:ico_w3:1086624963047460874>\`[${process.env.HOSTNAME}]\` **\` SHARD_MESSAGE_ERROR  \`** \`[Shard ${context.client.shardId}]\` Command \`${context.command.name}\` failed to respond: @ \`${Date.now()}\`\nGuild: \`${context.guild?.id}\`\nChannel: \`${context.channel?.id}\`\nUser: \`${context.user?.id}\`\`\`\`js\n${e}\`\`\``, message)
+      });
+    }
+  
+    return context.editOrRespond(message).catch(async (e)=>{
+      const errorData = await e.response.json();
+      if(BLOCK_REASONS[errorData.code]){
+        // Delete the public response
+        await context.deleteResponse();
+  
+        message.flags = MessageFlags.EPHEMERAL
 
-        This is the awesome solution to this problem, that isn't
-        actually very awesome and actually sucks a lot.
-      */
-      if(e.code === 200000){
-        try{
-          let embedResponse = createEmbed("error", context, "Response was filtered by AutoMod.")
-          embedResponse.description = `Try running the command somewhere else or ask server admins for help.`
-          return context.editOrRespond({
-            allowedMentions: { parse: [], repliedUser: false },
-            embeds: [
-              embedResponse
-            ],
-            flags
+        // Create a notice
+        if(message.embeds && message.embeds.length <= 4){
+          message.embeds.unshift({
+            description: `<:incognito:1250198171859161199> ​  ​  This response has been made incognito due to ${BLOCK_REASONS[errorData.code]}.`,
+            color: COLORS.incognito
           })
-        }catch(e){
-          /*
-            another error? suck it.
-            there is genuinely nothing left that we can do.
-
-            create followup message has an awesome 'hack' that prevents
-            the bot from creating a new ephemeral followup response
-            if the original one isn't/couldn't be acknowledged.
-
-            https://discord.com/developers/docs/interactions/receiving-and-responding#create-followup-message
-          */ 
         }
+
+        let replacementMessage = await context.createMessage(message);
+        
+        if(!context._meta) context._meta = {}
+        context._meta.replacementMessageId = replacementMessage.id;
+  
+        return replacementMessage;
+        
       }
       basecamp(`<:ico_w3:1086624963047460874>\`[${process.env.HOSTNAME}]\` **\` SHARD_MESSAGE_ERROR  \`** \`[Shard ${context.client.shardId}]\` Command \`${context.command.name}\` failed to respond: @ \`${Date.now()}\`\nGuild: \`${context.guild?.id}\`\nChannel: \`${context.channel?.id}\`\nUser: \`${context.user?.id}\`\`\`\`js\n${e}\`\`\``, message)
     })
@@ -65,5 +75,5 @@ module.exports.editOrReply = function(context, message, disableReference = false
   if(!context.message.deleted && context.channel.can(Permissions.SEND_MESSAGES)) return context.editOrReply(message).catch((e)=>{   
     console.log(e.status)
     basecamp(`<:ico_w3:1086624963047460874>\`[${process.env.HOSTNAME}]\` **\` SHARD_MESSAGE_ERROR  \`** \`[Shard ${context.client.shardId}]\` Command \`${context.message?.content}\` failed to reply: @ \`${Date.now()}\`\nGuild: \`${context.guild?.id}\`\nChannel: \`${context.channel?.id}\`\nUser: \`${context.user?.id}\`\`\`\`js\n${e}\`\`\``, message)
-})
+  })
 }
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