It was completely applicable.
Either you were using them in contrast to the character or was irrevelantly bringing them up. Either way the information was pointless. No one in the show is like our characters. Our characters can be trained, practiced and learned in a way that we are conditioned with our weapons.

My character doesn't need to be anything like Kisame or Suigetsu to know how to use their own weapon, whichwhich they grew up with nor should any of the other characters expected to either. Bringing up Kisame and other canon characters was absolutely pointless. No one was interested in why Suigetsu was exhausted using a large weapon. Did anyone say Suigetsu and Shira have the same constitution? Anyone mention they have the same level of training? Anyone bring up that they have been using large weapons the same period of time?

Another thing about US soliders is they can become conditioned with their armor and weaponry in months. This compared to a ninja that has been training for years. Again. Conditioning. Conditioning, not random canon references, determines how a character uses their weapon.

If you don't want others to misinterperte what you say then