But there is a connection between the X and Y in this case.
One is a subset of the other. We're talking about the same thing man, I'm just making the point that I feel that there should be greater emphasis on the subset.
Look at the top thread in this post, people are doing a very similar thing.
I truly think that the pop-sci interest in mitochondria stems from the nickname and for no other reason and to me that's a very interesting thing.
I think it's the catchy nickname "powerhouse of the cell."
Ribosomes don't have a catch nickname so they get a lot less content produced about them.
If I was a highschool biology teacher I'd probably call them "The assembly line of life." That would stick in people's minds I bet.