I think they were meant to be 2 different topics, both connected to his pet peeve of references he doesn't get.
Terry, we all feel left out sometimes. No one can be in the know on everything, and if you don't get some reference, don't worry. You're already online, so just look it up.
True, but I hope I'm also speaking for others who don't get (what to them are) obscure references. I reckon henceforth I should let them speak for themselves.
I was trained early on to "Put your reader's head on your shoulders," which I've mentioned before, but which seems to be ancient useless writer's advice.
Is it "good writing" to burden your readers with the additional task of duckduckgoing your stuff word by word?? Lookups of references may be necessary for professional treatises, but not in ordinary discourse.
"Does anyone else remember the LGBT and schoolteacher camps from 2016-2019?"
How does one look that up? K Frame also commented on its obscurity.
"Put your reader's head on your shoulders."
This is one reason if a deadline isn't involved, one should re-read one's serious stuff
no earlier than the next day. But practice with that "reader's head" principle makes it easier to catch gaffes and obscurities the same day.
Terry, "No offense," 230RN
