oh man the green wood chips thing is such a debated topic. i literally just had this argument with a neighbor last week because he tossed fresh arborist chips right on his bean bed and the beans turned yellow. i told him yeah you gotta let em sit for a few months or they'll steal the nitrogen while they break down. but getting banned over that? that's crazy. i've seen mods let people absolutely rip into each other over compost ratios and nothing happens. sounds like those mods had a bad day and took it out on some well meaning gardener.

Yeah, 'accidentally did great' might be the best description. My buddy had something similar happen. His laptop blue-screened right when he was about to show a client the revised budget spreadsheet. He just turned it to face them and said 'there it is, the system knows this is a bad deal.' They laughed and signed the contract. He still has no clue what was on that screen.