Ask Language Log: "spends his/her/their time on"?

Email from J.P.: I don't know if it's my imagination, but I hear —  "spends his/her/their time on" — SO much lately, and seemingly increasingly, it's used in a derogatory or critical way, as if to say that to spend the time in this/whatever way is stupid.  It is annoying me greatly, so I turn […]