Step 1: Go on Wikipedia, as one does.
Step 2: Notice the following item in the “did you know” section.
Did you know… that Fabrizio Dori wants his comic book «Il dio vagabondo» to bring attention to an ancient Greek view of death?
Step 3: (See Figure 1.)
Step 4: Activate dedicated hyperlink-clicking neuron that has evolved after years of online brain poisoning.
Step 5: Oh my god the main character is a satyr who lives in a tent in the suburbs.
Step 6: Oh my god it’s beautifully illustrated. (See Figure 2.)
Step 7: Begin seriously weighing up the possibility of The Greatest Impulse Purchase In History.
Step 8: Ctrl-F “English”. No results.
Step 9: Wallow in non-Italian-speaking misery.
Step 10: Ctrl-F “Dutch” as a last-ditch effort. You have been meaning to brush up on it…
Step 11: Oh my god they did a Dutch translation before an English one.
Step 12: Google “amazon” even though you know the URL.
Step 13: Click onto Amazon and look up the Dutch name of the comic.
Step 14: Find out there is one (1) copy left in stock.
Step 15: Look at the price.
Step 16:
Step 17: Pretend you didn’t.
Step 18: Buy anyway.
Step 19: Notice that they’ve finally gotten rid of that 2003-ass UI in the purchase phase.
Step 20: You have now completed The Greatest Impulse Purchase In History. It will be there in a week.
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