“The Cost of ‘Daddy I Want a Pony’” as Experienced by Josh

The New York Times published a hilarious piece of journalism called “The True Cost of ‘Daddy I Want a Pony’” (i.e., the Veruca Salt Story), and our friend Josh live-tweeted his reaction. It began with an eye-roll and ended with the kind of righteous indignation that could power speedboats.

It started small, with a pull-quote:

Then he got going.

As it happens we have a feature we’re running soon about the costs of not owning but riding horses in New York City. Stay tuned!

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