The Food Poisoning Saga

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

Membership is open for those interested! I have two more bits and banter videos coming out but i'll be taking it easy this week because i started getting a mega fever yesterday.

[@aureus79]

Hope u feel better mr. librarian

[@xetera]

Sorry to hear that, make sure to let the doctors know how bad you feel if you end up in the hospital.

[@BrettVaa]

It's not simultaneous salmonella and campylobacter is it?

[@tjiiik]

Lay your head king 👑

[@RonaSpreader]

imagine wanting a subscription for reuploading someone elses content. In the voice of egg father "thats cringe".

[@Domus_Maximus]

I'm surprised this didn't open with black and white clips of NL asserting that "food poisoning isn't real"

[@CssHDmonster]

that would be slander, the library would get jail time

[@shiroanimationxoxo]

I said the exact same thing. Shame that this video could have been an 11/10... instead i have to give it a 10/10 😔

[@Random_Fanguy]

He's saving that for the prequel.

[@Shnarfbird]

@@CssHDmonster exactly, the whole 'food poisoning isn't real' bit was about how people call any mild stomach sickness 'food poisoning' when in reality it's way worse

[@Jonksy]

@@Shnarfbird Yes that is the real thing NL was saying, but he also several times, jokingly, said that food poisoning might not be real.

[@enbyennui]

the sheer irony of him attempting to eat his way out of it at the start is incredible

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

nobody tell him that bacteria eats food too

[@thefakeaccent]

"So yeah now I'm fine" as there are 3 1/2 hours left in this video lmao

[@DizzyEyes94]

Oh dear lord I was still in the intro and didn't quite realize how long this video and consequently the arc must have been

[@krelekari]

that person who commented "self report" when he was talking facetiously about him washing chicken and splashing a little into his mouth and saying 'mm chicken water' is so on point it kills me and almost killed Northernlion

[@Vinzaf]

I was in and out of the ER and family doctor multiple times with walking pneumonia, unable to work for weeks, which later became empyema; by the time I was admitted to an actual hospital bed I was going through early signs of sepsis. I was a week away from dying, if that. My lungs had to be drained and then surgery was done to them to physically cut a hardened infection that was antibiotic resistant. Because I was young, nobody believed how bad my symptoms were and that I’d get over it. Yeah I feel this arc.

[@ThatGuy-c]

Damn

[@BigStinker_14]

Humans are garbage

[@TheMightySpurdo]

Dude, we need fucking AI to take over and fix the damn healthcare system. It’s ridiculous how you could be days away from expiring like milk that has been left under the sun for too long but if you dare to ask for an appointment to the doctor they’ll deadass look at you in the eyes and say “Yeah, the earliest we can check you is 7 months from now”. Let the damn robots diagnose me for fuck’s sake!

[@tabula_rosa]

we as a society need to have a reckoning about how much money is spent professionally gaslighting injured people just to keep them from recovering. were in the fucking dark ages man, i've had an insurance company cite me telling a doctor i believed the insurance wasn't going to pay for me to be treated even if we did find a cure as proof that my injury was in my head *when they declined to pay for the treatment when we found the cure to my injury*.

[@chrisosnap]

finally a library to rival the ancient ones in Alexandria and Baghdad 🙏 rip Lil Caesar you will be missed

[@sosukelele]

RIP Bozo

[@Drekromancer]

_Et tu, Brute?_

[@isaactfa]

Never forget that this man for years claimed food poisoning wasn't real.

[@MCMCvirguleMC]

He also said he had a 20% chance of beating a grizzly bear in hand to hand combat. Let's hope fate isn't going to bring that one back.

[@isaactfa]

@@MCMCvirguleMC listen, have you ever seen a grizzly nail a 30-minute cody rigsby pop ride? didn't think so

[@newrev9er]

@@MCMCvirguleMC Jesus Christ. Why would anyone tempt the universe like that?!

[@snorlax42]

And that he could throw a palm-sized rock like a football field and a half in distance, which is like 10s of meters farther than the world records for shotput or discus

[@camocotten]

I was really hoping that would be chapter 1 or 0. That would be an amazing prologue to this saga.

[@snorlax42]

I honestly feel so bad for him, like medical trauma can fuck you up. Going to doctors over and over and having them say you're fine while you're dying? Goddamn. Glad that one person told him "hey you might be in a trauma response" and that he acknowledged that cause like..... Yeah it certainly seemed so lol

[@dreambuffer]

Went through a similar bacterial infection. The trauma is real. I wash my hands 6 or 7 times while cooking and after i touch anything that has touched food.

[@obscure.reference]

@@dreambuffer ya know sometimes you need a little trauma to induce common sense cleanliness habits

[@cyrusthe0ther795]

@@obscure.reference and the Eczema that follows

[@wet20]

old comment ik but I had severe shoulder problems from baseball in high school and for 2 years I had doctors tell me some basic PT would fix it but after 3 MRIS they finally decided to do a surgery and told me it was the most severe tendinitus and bursitis in a shoulder they'd ever seen in a young person

[@LvLocks1915]

This is the fucked up paradox of life I know this isn't always the case but it's kind of like the depressed person who nearly dies and now they are filled with joy and gratitude everyday they wake up after.@@obscure.reference

[@minomushi_hitogata]

I genuinely feel like he has a basis for a lawsuit. "We don't see this often in the 'developed' world" is not an excuse to completely dismiss a patient's symptoms repeatedly to the point that it has caused them actual trauma and almost killed them

[@eyecatcher647]

This video conjures bittersweet emotions, like the euphoric rush of being pegged up for the first time. So long my love...

[@MemeSupreme69]

Whaddaheck

[@Phoenix0F8]

getting pegged for the first time do be a euphoric rush, truuuuuuue

[@revelaitons3959]

Me getting pegged up: WHAT A RUSH

[@oatmilk4278]

never in my life did i think i would read this on a video compiling clips about my favorite youtuber from middle school 😭😭

[@Phoenix0F8]

@@revelaitons3959 more like revelaitons 69 am I right

[@jeffb8217]

You should submit this to Cannes film festival. Scorsese would be pegged out of his gourd

[@ckorp666]

"peepoTalk but +2" - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

[@tiersie]

The intro itself is worth a like, you're an absolute madman for compliling this and I will enjoy every second. Seeing it all unfold again I'm a lot more sympathetic towards Ryan, it must've sucked ass to go through this and have the system fail you. Didn't really internalize that the first time around because of all the comedy gold he produced from it

[@meta4knight]

seeing his physical appearance change is insane. I didn’t notice him getting pale because of constant exposure but holy cow it was bad for a bit. I can’t imagine how tired he was after these streams. Man is a hard ass worker.

[@asdasd-rp9hx]

hard worker? are you being sarcastic

[@marciamakesmusic]

​​@@asdasd-rp9hx if you discount the amount of focus it takes to set and be entertaining for hours a day idk what to tell you besides try it and see for yourself, it's not easy even when you're not dying of food poisoning

[@ezgolf1764]

@@marciamakesmusictbf he has go on record that he feels more refreshed after stream, not to say that it’s effortless but he probably felt tired before stream too due to the simultaneous salmonella and campylobacter infection

[@tempestSH]

absolutwaffles in the chat saying "tomoplasmosis" when he was talking about potentially catching something from the cat's litter box has me in fucking stitches

[@benjamiheras9294]

Only the best curators could take so many hours of content and transform it into a saga with narrative value, plotwists, foreshadowings. You are making art out of life.

[@hollycloutier2727]

The one thing that really stuck with me back when this era was happening was how he reacted to all of his well-wishers. Specifically his complete distaste for the 'I don't know what I'd do without you' or 'attempts at empathy' types of comments. No one's going to judge him for how he reacts when he's the one going through the tremendous stress of it all, so I never thought it a bad or wrong take. Instead, it made me heavily question the way I ought to reach out to people going through a crisis of this kind. As much as it used to feel right to want to try to impress upon someone how I felt about them, now it feels worthless, or even selfish. And as cold and direct as 'That sucks, hope you get better' sounds, now I have no idea what else someone would want to hear haha. What a weird takeaway At any rate, thanks for putting this all together, Library. Your masterwork is much appreciated :)

[@taylorg8509]

If you reach out your hand it will get off

[@whatif3271]

Nah like, I understand that he was going crazy esp when you feel like you're dying. But seriously he was being a dickhead lol. He was just being really cynical and overthinking it because he's in a bad mood bc he was really sick and feeling worse than awful. Like at this point it's just like you really can't respond. Bc anyone else could be cynical and be like "why are you telling us about something we can't do anything about?" Like why even tell anyone anything? I totally understand that people's reactions can be cold or fucked up and not as helpful as they think it will, but imagine being like "I really care about you, I hope you get well soon. I would really miss you if you weren't here" and someone's response being like "I'd be dead, why does how you feel matter???" Most humans have a need to love, be loved, need, and be needed. People like to share that feeling, and try to tell people that they're needed. Just because someone is really sick and dealing with something doesn't mean that they're above criticism. I pretty much agree with the general message, but like the way his mindset about it is is kinda depressing and awful.

[@404schmoozernotfound]

@@whatif3271I think a streamer is also in a totally different situation than a person with a more normal job. Streamers are inundated with a constant amount of unnecessary love and hate. I'm sure he probably appreciates well wishes from his close family, but coming from his audience is more of the same and probably hit a nerve at the wrong time. He was out of pocket to say what he said, even if we understand why he said it

[@LvLocks1915]

Some people also have different opinions of death and tbh I have a ton of respect when someone is like "After I'm gone just throw me to the wolves." rather than "I want everyone crying and laughing at my funeral and make me the center of the world."@@whatif3271

[@sajking7269]

@@whatif3271 we literally don’t know him though, and even if we did, I think we all need to have a bare minimum of emotional resilience to handle when someone doesn’t respond to our feelings the way we want them to. What’s the alternative, that he’s just dishonest about how these messages make him feel because the truth isn’t what we wanna hear? Like he’s going through something traumatic and horrible and he literally does not know you, I think it’s fine for you to express your well intentioned feelings and it’s also fine for him to express his response to that, and then ideally the mature and thoughtful person can do exactly what the original commenter said, take that feedback and learn from it to help you better understand the way your words might affect people in the future.

[@Carsa-is6vb]

4 hours of NL complaining and getting angry at chat for not being able to socially interact adequately with a sick person? Sign me up, brother, I'm in.

[@moshcreep]

Great work, really makes you feel like you have a simultaneous infection of salmonella and campylobacter.

[@alexberry3804]

"Did they cure the baldness?" was impeccably timed.

[@sithvaultboy]

I'm always surprised how much time and effort must got into making these videos. Hope you keep up the good work.

[@verox6414]

i missed this whole saga because i was in and out of hospital at the same time with a prostate infection that almost killed me twice so i am pogged out of my gourd to finally be able to make sense of everything that has happened

[@Badmanpuntbaxter]

Just wanna say medical trauma is super real and I cannot believe all the terrible experiences this guy has had with the medical system. Like that nurse when K8 was giving birth was introducing stress in the delivery room for NO good reason, that is not the time nor place for that conversation. Absurd. Happy he's okay now.

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

he crushed his thumb in between a door hinge. when he went to a GP to ask them to take the whole nail off so it could regrow, the GP basically said "what do you want out of this visit?" kinda implying they think he's fishing for a prescription. he was then referred to a dermatologist who would not get back to him for months at which point his thumb was healed. he also applied for life insurance and the food poisoning ordeal was a big issue through no fault of his own kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3LJY6Kcgb53d9k

[@jopkins]

53:06 "Don't say 'sexy stubble NL is back,' I'm in disarray right now"

[@Deepdowntramahound]

The amount of work here is monumental. Such a huge labor of love, I hope you're proud because this is phenomenal.

[@MyLuckyPapillion]

bro the way im currently suffering through food poisoning and i live in vancouver this is like looking into a goddamn mirror. watching this to cope. sorry i laughed at u egg you truly were going through it. hesus christ

[@CountCristo]

Got the ending kinda hits different - my man would literally be dead if he has trusted the system and gone with the timetable they set.

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

the perfect epilogue lol

[@AnderuFrog]

I discovered and immediately got insanely addicted to NL around October. Thank you for finally making sense of the entire food poisoning arc. Also thank you for the incredibly detailed documenting of this insane, precious man.

[@PlasmaSpark]

this saga was too real, a family member has had stomach issues for like 2 years now and we've had to go through tons of bad doctors to find one that takes it seriously

[@HeyImBoschea]

i felt for him the entire time i watched this video. it mustve been so hard and I do mean that. but holy god I dont think I've laughed so hard in my life.

[@explo3377]

4 hours of unadulterated Pog Thank you Mr Librarian, you deserve a break too :)

[@irfangani6451]

Definitely one of the most pog arc of Ryab's life. Tho I must comment, as a med-student in a tropical country, Ryan would've cured/taking treatment in like almost immediately of going to the doctor here. Diarrhea is like one of the most common, most studied, most treated and easily taken care of diseases here. He would definitely get an antibiotics simply if he describes how his poop looks like.

[@mrMJ3434]

The librarian does for us what we cannot do for ourselves and for that my friends, we must pog.

[@goldenbamboo9725]

man I love this, i drank 1 liter of coffee bc I am stupid, im turning insane bc my body cant handle it, and I really needed something to listen to, to not "explode". And here it is, my savior

[@persemus1384]

Let us know if you make it, would love to hear your thoughts.

[@jeffb8217]

@@persemus1384 many people are saying this

[@itsmebeter3538]

been there buddy. hope you feel better

[@leeworley6727]

Drink a bunch of water and piss a lot helps the caffeine leave your system faster.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Have you considered you actually have food poisoning.

[@Hakasedess]

You're both unbelievably based, and also worryingly insane, for digging through the VODmines and compiling this entire saga. And I salute you.

[@johnteds4761]

1 hour 15 min in and honestly this gives me a lot more empathy for people struggling with chronic health conditions

[@depalodor]

The stool sample chapter transition was golden. Didn't get what was happening until it literally said it on the screen.

[@merthyr1831]

I was convinced youtube had learned how to serve ads behind my adblocker

[@EtTuBrute]

Jesus, the amount of work that went into this is amazing. Fantastic work!

[@rezz7644]

This is a very relatable situation for me. i’ve been suffering from c diff for a very long time now, and have diarrhea 4-5 times at best 10-20 at worst. i feel you NL

[@rezz7644]

it’s crazy how his situation is nearly identical to mine

[@anthonygorczyca3967]

Unbelievable feat of editing... so awesome

[@journeysa]

BRO that stool sample interstitial was outta pocket and you know it. Incredible work as always though. Stay pegged.

[@mattjackson8133]

Whenever I get food poisoning I lie in bed like a dying Victorian child and watch this

[@Weaverlord]

..how often do you get food poisoning

[@PhiNESminecraft]

I missed this saga so this upload is HUGE! Thank you for all your work.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

"Food Poisoning does not exist"-NorthernLion years before he made the biggest Cereal moment of his years.

[@ricardopieper11]

2:56:10 I had a throat infection last year (around the time this video was published) and the doctor gave me antibiotics. And he jokingly threatened me to send the police to my house if I did not take the entire course of the antibiotics, which I thought was cool. Turns out I had a mild allergy to the antibiotic, in my last like 2 days it manifested as a mild smallpox-like spots in my skin, but I took the remaining medicine anyway. The dermatologist later said that was a bad move lol.

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

damned if you do and damned it you don't, its a fucked up world

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

Unlucky but def shouldn't have taken the last few sfter the pox showed up lol

[@lolwwuttt]

The amount of work that went into this. Jesus. Thanks - seriously.

[@LaserStorm117]

Ooo chronological, accelerated degradation? Poor NL 🥺 I'm happy he made it, and made a little, imaginary friend along the way. RIP, Cesar

[@18skeltor]

Breaking bald arc

[@justdoingmything]

This is more entertaining than a block buster film because it’s basically a 4 hour character study

[@shippudenboy1]

I'm on day 6 of a simultaneous Streptococcus-Streptococcus infection and this is the best content I could ask for. Thank you Daddy Pig

[@Munschkin100]

Great video! I am actually the comment at 3:12:10, so thank you for putting me in the video :)

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

that was an insanely well written comment lol

[@tayhoffinator]

i've been looking for/waiting for some to create a compilation of this whole ordeal! you're doing god's work

[@dankharrold3774]

"What follows is a month long battle to receive any form of medical attention" NL: Yeah no kidding, I'm fighting for my damn life out here! The timing is so perfect, I'm sat in an empty room crying with laughter.

[@MegaGrair]

I, like many of you, lived through this arc but it’s gonna be nice to relive all the best moments again. Thank you librarian we are in your debt

[@tylerpollock9783]

This is a Masters' Thesis level arrangement ✅️❤️👍

[@tylerpollock9783]

Just finished it, the transitions were awesome 👌

[@bryannov9068]

i’m pegged up rn. can’t wait for the return of little caesar

[@spencechan]

Currently going through some bad food poisoning. Watching this for survival tips.

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

TLDW: lie to your doctor about the severity of your food poisoning to get help more quickly

[@safechief261]

Congratulations on the achievement, I'll check this out in full as soon as I have time and I genuinely appreciate the work you've put on this video, hope you're feeling better soon!

[@he_is_man]

Watched the entire thing in 2024, I think I am a better chatter for it now, thank you for compiling this masterpiece

[@hexeddecimals]

I have no idea who NortherLion is but I watched this in one sitting

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

unhinged but admirable

[@viridianloom]

After 4 minutes and chapter 1 popped up I was like "Wait how long is this video- HOLY SHIT"

[@christopherthomas484]

Was able to to watch this throughout the day. Just a fantastic compilation for a fantastic arc (well, fantastic for everyone but NL)! Thank you for putting all of this together! This will be something that I come back to for sure

[@tyedyepapaya6155]

thank you sm i literally looked up "nl gets sick" a fwrw days ago expecting a video like this to show up and now it has been fulfilled

[@CarlCreed76]

I actually just sat down and binged this entire thing. Keep doing god's work, these highlight videos are amazing! Also, of course, RIP Lil' Caesar.

[@Ryyouu]

I can’t believe you do this for free. You’re on par with legends like Toasty and Good Egor, man. You’re amazing

[@q7Hx]

The trials faced by ancient heroes & Deities pale in comparison to the tasks NL faced, truly what Hercules & Gilgamesh believed they were up against.

[@SirLordPanzer]

Can I just say, I am so glad this exists. Great work, keep it up.

[@ipoplikearobot]

I found your channel a couple of days ago, and so far I've been loving your videos and kept thinking I wish they were longer. And now I sit here ready to watch a 4 hour video on NL and I've never watched his stream. You have converted me into not just a NL fan but also a Librarian fan.

[@telkaivokalma]

You are a god among men. Idk how I lived life without this channel in it.

[@SkyTahir]

N "I almost died" L was one of the craziest story arcs we've seen.

[@tts283]

I just wanna say I watched the whole thing. This was a blesing to listen to while doing the dishes and having a bath. Keep em coming!

[@---rm8do]

Remember: all this is in the context that NL thought that food poisoning wasn't real

[@eleveatorbeat]

I git this in bits and pieces over the course of howeverlong it was going on. but it is so much funnier to hear it all at once. A+ cut!

[@myreadingisodd]

I’m not going to lie… I’ve put this one several times as background noise and it’s enjoyable every single time

[@6names44]

I got c. Diff last week, and I now relate to this so much.

[@nattteo]

My god this is legendary, the pogs are completely out of control!

[@s0hvaperuna]

Wild to see this whole arc condensed into a 4 hour package. Great work!

[@CountCristo]

60 seconds in and already a masterpiece, thank you for this

[@plaguis1391]

Thank you for saving my afternoon 36 minutes in and NL has already accepted his own mortality and impending death, wonderful

[@Ed.Underscore.Underscore]

About halfway through I went, “Holy shit how long is this?!” FOUR HOURS!?!?! Continues listening.

[@NeXuS_i_Beyond]

I watched this in its entirety. Thank you The Library of Letourneau for compiling this masterpiece. The intro by itself worth 10x watches

[@joshuaswartz8604]

Hey thanks for making this. I was wondering what happened and this was perfect.

[@neon9999]

i kept putting off watching this video but it was worth it in the end. great work as always!

[@SoLoActavis]

first time i ever saw anything NL related was this video hitting my algorithm. thank u librarian

[@maccally1]

The production quality of this is amazing

[@zacharynovak2180]

NL ranting over Vivaldi is a combo that goes WAY harder than I thought it would.

[@Kirisame312]

Hour 2 of a 4 hour video: "we're coming to the end of the endless diarrhea anecdotes, I promise!" Welp, that was determined to be a lie

[@knmrt2760]

It's finally here damn !!! Huge thanks for all the pog content you've brought to us so far through this clip channel ! You've done an amazing job mr librarian... Take it slow while the bald man is away

[@temsmoss3925]

i dont think i've ever watched a 1 hour YT video much less one that's 4 hours, this was amazing. it needs to be played at a film show or something

[@epileptix8954]

This is truly a brilliant work of art. I'm considering joining just to encourage future "arc recap" videos. Very well done Library! Being a YT Andy has never felt so damn good.

[@r0nniecoleman]

13 chapters as an homage to the epics of homer, yet the trials of odysseus simply pale in comparison to the tribulations of NL. were he alive to bear witness to the saga of our generation, i am certain he would agree

[@allhailepicface123]

I can't believe that his stool samples took so long. That would have gotten to the heart of the issue so fast, I got some done and they took like three days.

[@shadow14587]

Never have I laughed so consistently and for so long, what a marvel! Great edits!

[@ostia677]

my favourite podcast to listen to at work, thank you librarian.

[@MaxPatatePowa]

I can't wait for NL to talk for months about the fact that you made a 4 hours long video about him talking for months about the fact that he almost died from simultaneous salmonella and campylobacter (peepoTalk)

[@sethbrooks7174]

And then I can’t wait for the librarians anthology of NL talking about this anthology… and the cycle continues.

[@lymadusrodriguez2061]

Wow this is incredible, thank you so much. You’re the best. Stay pegged ♥️

[@mrrp405]

I still think lil caesar is up there in his brain somewhere, yanking at neurons like it's the rat from ratatouille

[@kingster14444]

He's nearly alive and I'm only 1/4 of the way through the video. My God how can it continue

[@maxine603]

I finally understand the food poisoning saga! Thanks for putting this together, very well done

[@embro674]

41:05 Epic of Gilgamesh 1:20:04 Blood Test UX Designer 1:42:05 2:18:46

[@countryhat5531]

The footage at the start of the stool sample segment made me want to die, excellent work

[@TheLibraryofLetourneau]

its so funny how many people commented on that when it was just a random video i picked because i was binging james hoffman videos at the time

[@AustinMichaelDearing]

Wow, out of nowhere the complete butthole files in my recommended. You truly are the egg archivist, wishing you the best with your fever