First and foremost, just because it's commonly known in your circle doesn't mean it's actually commonly known.

I saw one comment on here by someone who never even heard of the book. So I am thinking they didn't know the book author was the same one who wrote those songs.

If they just read it on Wikipedia this week and are excited to talk about it, then it clearly wasn't common knowledge to them, either.

I'm going to suggest you get used to the idea of "just let people enjoy things."

I came across this particular info at random a while back. But sometime in the last 5 years or so. I still think it's a neat fact that might interest people.

You already knew it, so you had even less reason to say anything than the people you were criticizing. It hurts no one for them to say that.

But what you said could definitely hurt feelings. Our generation has a lot of undiagnosed neurodivergent folks who are going to to love commenting random related facts. And this is absolutely related.

But then you come along with your comment and potentially fuck up some poor ND's day. RSD is a bitch.

Someone came along with a shiny trinket related to the topic at hand and wanted to share it. You could have ignored it, but instead you called their trinket unrelated trash.

But it is related and not everyone on this post knew about it. It's not like we grew up with the internet. Everyone on this sub is going to have things that didn't come up in their life.

I have huge gaps in music, TV, and movie knowledge. I grew up in a tiny ranching community in the rockies. We had one TV station and two radio stations. Which TV station was your one station depended on where your house was. Unless it rained. Then everyone got PBS. The radio stations were country and opera.

I'm sorry that kind of thing frustrates you. But if you watch the news or work with the public, you would know the only things everyone knows is stuff you learned by third grade. After that, who knows what stuck.