The point is the detour, not the person.
Each entry pairs the original recommendation with an original, deliberately low-return rationalization. The joke is about the small excuses people recognize, not about illness, poverty, disability, danger or anyone’s character.
The complete source stays available.
The current pinned edition contains 675 entries across 34 chapters. Browse every item in the complete guide, or see the source and attribution record.
Keep the serious parts serious.
Health, emergency, legal, financial and personal-safety material is presented factually. Satirical lines do not replace the original advice or evidence. This site is entertainment and reading material, not a diagnosis or personal recommendation.
Independent, unofficial, English-first.
This project is not affiliated with the upstream guide’s author or with the separate reference website. It uses the upstream guide under its stated content license and links back to the original sources. The public site is maintained in English; source Chinese text remains on each entry. Code and issues live at github.com/ShiyueShimo/how-to-live-worse.