Yes, we should be careful how we spend the limited hours God gives us. Wasting time is borderline sinful. Once you spend an hour, you can never get it back.

I recently had a discussion with another member on here, and I think my point was buried, and perhaps I overreacted a bit because of my passion for the truth and zeal for the good of this forum.

My point was: I agree with the principle she was stating (we shouldn't waste time becoming fluent in Pop Culture; we should avoid Hollywood, TV, pagan movie stars, pagan music stars, etc.) but I disagree with the application of the principle (namely, that the Duggars are a waste of time to know anything at all about).

I shouldn't let the 1/2 a percent disagreement overshadow the 99.5% we agree on. If we want Catholic unity, especially in the Traditional world, we're going to have to really work at it. Let's not let the devil win.

I can't remember where I first heard the term, but the "monkey cage" is a handy phrase to have. It refers to wasting time looking at the folly of worldlings, when you're really not going to learn any more by it. It's just raw curiosity, and the desire to passively spend/waste time on something a bit novel or diverting.