"My God, crypto and options strategy on Berkshire. That seems to be all I am reading about up and down this doggone board."

While I agree wholeheartedly on "buy and hold" I don't agree that reading different investing strategies in Berkshire or the occasional off topic subject are bad for the board. For starters there's a lot of useful information to learn in those posts that help broaden our perspective and I can say that it has opened my eyes to something I've always worried about- when to sell. Most of us will almost always own Berkshire but there are times and reasons where selling is necessary. Reading those options messages are good because it gives different insight into valuations that we don't think about like we normally do from just reading the reports. I would also argue it just helps learning from more sophisticated investors. The key thing is telling myself NOT to try it because I'm simply not qualified to do it but it's still interesting to read about. Another thing is that buy and hold doesn't exactly lend itself to daily conversation! If we were only to talk about that this board would be awfully quiet for long stretches.