See file-hierarchy(7).

i hate that bro

No, channels are a simply a mechanism for managing what’s in your NIX_PATH.

Meadow’s Law sounds like something a James Bond villain would say. Because it is. It’s based on this quote from Goldfinger:

Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action.

I don’t really know how it happened

Better hope it was cosmic radiation and not an early indicator of failing hardware.