Who is wasting whose time exactly?

If there is no split, then all this FUD will go away eventually, and the price will start to rise again (with SegWit right behind the corner and Lightning Network somewhere in the future). Therefore, if you buy in now, you will profit tremendously. But even if there is a fork coming, your bitcoins will get doubled, and whatever the outcome might be (only one coin survives or both options will be available), you will most likely earn profits in any case in the long term. That's why it is a win-win strategy