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Man's Best Friend

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Jun 16, 2021
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Sometimes editors can be sadistic. If someone pitched me a piece about Old Yellering their healthy 6-year-old dog I would ask them to think again, for theirown sake. Do they know what they are getting themselves in for? Is it worth it for, at most, a couple of hundred bucks?

Not only did Slate accept the piece but they plugged it on Twitter with a headli…

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