Somehow I feel this is your response to everything in life--partly because it legitimately has absolutely nothing to do with the thread. I have a crazy aunt who's a snapshow on Facebook regardless of the topic. I was making an observation--not a statement. How on earth you deduct "entitlement", "self-absorption", and a lack of "responsibility" only you (and perhaps the voices) would understand. Also, when referencing a thread, you shouldn't quote a word that doesn't appear in the thread. That being said, your neurosis fascinates me!
I am going to give a deep philoshopical answer.
What we spent our time on in our life is to much in our society on the basis of regret or lack of fulfillment.
Watching or not participating will always give away to being unproductive vs those who engage in activity and participate.
It's all either substantiated by progress or lack of. How many people I know in my life who are absolutely gifted intellectually and have degrees but also waste there time on gossip, or reality t.v. , heavily active in social media.
It is because technology and innovation has made life easier we could do more than ever that we have all equated we should be doing more.
Coming from a guy who has spent a lot of his life reading and studying I can say that is a waste of life. Yea you get smarter, and can hold your own in debate and conflict, but I also like the part of life that I can witness a live football or hockey game and be removed from the realities of life.
Trave l should be considered the biggest waste of time - you can easily see pictures on Google images, you have to take days off from work which delays paying off a mortgage. If you happen to only sit on a beach it's unproductive yet we find mentally it's the most fulfilling and best stress relievers in life.
I use to be so critical of younger kids and wasting time on video games and such. My opinion now is the only waste of time is contemplating life, questioning decisions, and not going through with plans, ideas or desires.