02-08-2016, 08:47 PM
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So, Scott Darling is an awesome guy........
An Uber driver tells a story about someone he picked up. And who just happened to play in the NHL. What a great gesture by Darling.
http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.asp...rson&id=572334
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02-08-2016, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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We could have stories like this but our cabs can't get Bouma to practice on time. Now he's getting traded.
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02-08-2016, 08:55 PM
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Not to try and take anything away from what looks like an amazing act of generosity, but doesn't this sound like a story from a "friend of a friend of mine"?
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02-08-2016, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Not to try and take anything away from what looks like an amazing act of generosity, but doesn't this sound like a story from a "friend of a friend of mine"?
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Not sure what point you are trying to make? Doubting its accuracy? Why would the Uber driver lie, about such a random player as well? I mean, ok if it was Ovi or Crosby etc, but why Scott Darling? Unless the Uber driver was his dad, brother or agent, I don't see why he'd make this up.
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02-08-2016, 09:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkGio
Not to try and take anything away from what looks like an amazing act of generosity, but doesn't this sound like a story from a "friend of a friend of mine"?
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No.
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02-08-2016, 09:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkGio
Not to try and take anything away from what looks like an amazing act of generosity, but doesn't this sound like a story from a "friend of a friend of mine"?
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Unless you're Bono, you usually don't flaunt your charity and good spirit around. Most of the charitable tales out there don't come from the person themselves, but from people like this Uber driver who witnessed the act.
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02-08-2016, 09:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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02-08-2016, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Trailer Fire
Unless you're Bono, you usually don't flaunt your charity and good spirit around. Most of the charitable tales out there don't come from the person themselves, but from people like this Uber driver who witnessed the act.
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Fair enough. Its just the lineage of the story tellers.
TSN reports it from a BHL goalie twitter account, who heard a story from an Uber driver, who received the story while taking a fare. Assuming human memory is 100% (ignoring all scientific research on testimony), here's the story we have to believe:
1) "I knew nothing about hockey until Scott Darling arrived"
2) "Scott just happened to see him on the street and strike up a conversation". "He paid this hotel for a month and even bought him some groceries"
So I have to believe that the Uber driver has been living under a rock (1), even though a Google search made him aware of an entire sport, and now Scott Darling spent thousands of dollars after only meeting a guy on the street (2) and is taking him to a hotel in a Uber ride?
Isn't it possible the Uber driver saw Kane Van Gate's goalie equipment and fabricated a story to get a tip? Or that Kane Van Gate is fueling his twitter account? Or that some other events took place involving Scott Darling and his friend that he actually knew, not some random guy?
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02-08-2016, 10:29 PM
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I believe in the Pony Power
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Just because how much negative news there is - how about we just collectively agree to believe this is true - because it makes us feel good?
Or we could fight about whether it is true because...well I don't know why we would do that.
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02-08-2016, 10:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkGio
Fair enough. Its just the lineage of the story tellers.
TSN reports it from a BHL goalie twitter account, who heard a story from an Uber driver, who received the story while taking a fare. Assuming human memory is 100% (ignoring all scientific research on testimony), here's the story we have to believe:
1) "I knew nothing about hockey until Scott Darling arrived"
2) "Scott just happened to see him on the street and strike up a conversation". "He paid this hotel for a month and even bought him some groceries"
So I have to believe that the Uber driver has been living under a rock (1), even though a Google search made him aware of an entire sport, and now Scott Darling spent thousands of dollars after only meeting a guy on the street (2) and is taking him to a hotel in a Uber ride?
Isn't it possible the Uber driver saw Kane Van Gate's goalie equipment and fabricated a story to get a tip? Or that Kane Van Gate is fueling his twitter account? Or that some other events took place involving Scott Darling and his friend that he actually knew, not some random guy?
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Here's what's more likely.
Scott darling tells his equally rich friend to dress like a homeless guy.
Then they call über and make a point of talking really really loudly about how he's covering all these costs.
Scott darling, on his way out says, now don't go googling me now (so the guy will google him)
Then. He tells Kane to take the same uber. Get the story and tweet about it.
Win. Win. Win.
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02-08-2016, 10:57 PM
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Just because how much negative news there is - how about we just collectively agree to believe this is true - because it makes us feel good?
Or we could fight about whether it is true because...well I don't know why we would do that.
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Collectively believing something because it feels good is not always a good thing. Also, if the negative news deserve scrutiny of its validity, then logically so does the good news.
What's funny is that I asked a perfectly valid question and received some mixed responses - some of which were disparagingly sarcastic - and I'm suppose to blindly believe in the best of people?
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02-08-2016, 11:01 PM
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I believe in the Pony Power
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In this case there is literally no downside to believing this story. Anyways I don't want to side track the thread further because it's an idiotic thing to argue about.
But to answer your question: yes sometimes it is ok to believe in the best of people
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02-08-2016, 11:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Can't believe someone decided THIS was the story to question everything on the Internet.
Just stop.
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02-09-2016, 08:21 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Ontario
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What a darling
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02-09-2016, 08:42 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkGio
Fair enough. Its just the lineage of the story tellers.
TSN reports it from a BHL goalie twitter account, who heard a story from an Uber driver, who received the story while taking a fare. Assuming human memory is 100% (ignoring all scientific research on testimony), here's the story we have to believe:
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The driver was part of the story, it wasn't told to him.
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So I have to believe that the Uber driver has been living under a rock (1), even though a Google search made him aware of an entire sport,
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He's a Lebanese guy living in Phoenix. Even if he probably knew about the sport of hockey, it's likely he knows so little that it's ok to say "I know nothing about hockey". I know cricket is a sport, but I know nothing about cricket.
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and now Scott Darling spent thousands of dollars after only meeting a guy on the street (2) and is taking him to a hotel in a Uber ride?
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Iginla once paid for hotel, game tickets, and meals for a group of Canadians sleeping in their car in Salt Lake. Sometimes people are just generous.
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Isn't it possible the Uber driver saw Kane Van Gate's goalie equipment and fabricated a story to get a tip? Or that Kane Van Gate is fueling his twitter account? Or that some other events took place involving Scott Darling and his friend that he actually knew, not some random guy?
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Sure, but why would you believe any of those things? It's also possible that Scott Darling isn't his real name and he is a CIA operative trying to infiltrate the NHLs PED ring.
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02-09-2016, 09:05 AM
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Darling is definitely the opposite of a ######bag like Kane.
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02-09-2016, 10:55 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkGio
Fair enough. Its just the lineage of the story tellers.
TSN reports it from a BHL goalie twitter account, who heard a story from an Uber driver, who received the story while taking a fare. Assuming human memory is 100% (ignoring all scientific research on testimony), here's the story we have to believe:
1) "I knew nothing about hockey until Scott Darling arrived"
2) "Scott just happened to see him on the street and strike up a conversation". "He paid this hotel for a month and even bought him some groceries"
So I have to believe that the Uber driver has been living under a rock (1), even though a Google search made him aware of an entire sport, and now Scott Darling spent thousands of dollars after only meeting a guy on the street (2) and is taking him to a hotel in a Uber ride?
Isn't it possible the Uber driver saw Kane Van Gate's goalie equipment and fabricated a story to get a tip? Or that Kane Van Gate is fueling his twitter account? Or that some other events took place involving Scott Darling and his friend that he actually knew, not some random guy?
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