What the actual fuck IS this *pics included*

[NickMyLipple]

Recieved a casserole dish type thing from South African family members for Christmas. It looked like it was in original packaging, so it wasn't until today when I was putting away all our Christmas stuff that I opened it properly.

Inside was 2 packets of biltong, a net to cover your sugar dish, and this insane contraption.

What on earth is it, and what do I do with it?!

This has been an interesting read!
For those interested, there are some dairy farms that do keep the calves with the mother.
I follow the Calf At Foot Dairy (somewhere in Suffolk I think) on Instagram, and they send their milk all over the UK by next day delivery if you're interested.
I'm trying to find similar locally to buy from.

Do let us know when you get hold of your Aunt OP!

Apparently they wean around 9-12 months!

What did your aunt and uncle say, op?

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Sorry, sorry! So... turns out that my uncle thought it would be funny because in my youth, I used to be a little 'alternative' (he called it my 'punk days') and thought it would make a good earring! 😂

He is a bit bonkers, mind.

So there we have it, the intended use is a punk earring!

(They did know that it was a calf weaning device, and they are commonplace in South Africa apparently.)

I grew up on farms and still involved with the agricultural industry to a certain extent through my work. I've never ever seen one of these.

I do think there's a lot of misinformation about farming practices, which is massively damaging. Most people are totally ignorant to how their food is produced. As someone up thread said - go along to a farm on open farm Sunday.

A lot of the 'cruel practices' I see shared on Facebook are not applicable to the UK agricultural industry.

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I’m going to try oat milk in tea.

i have lived on dairy farms for the last 10 years, we have been on a 1500, a 1850, a 1100 and a 2800 and now a 700 head farm, and in all those farms i have never seen one of those or any weird anti suckle contraption of any kind