meissner

An SMBC comic. A top caption reads: "LAW OF THE UNIVERSE: FOR EVERY PROBLEM THAT IS ALREADY SOLVED, THERE IS SOME ENGINEER BUILDING AN INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE, UNWORKABLE SOLUTION." Below, a beaming man in a suit and glasses holds his hands out with two glowing pink orbs hovering above his palms, explaining: "And so, via the Meissner effect, the superconducting substance expels its magnetic fields, allowing us to levitate the magnet, and thus curing erectile dysfunction forever!" The joke: an absurdly over-engineered, expensive solution to a non-problem. Votey (aftercomic): a wide-eyed figure with messy flame-like hair stares blankly as a speech bubble adds, "Information about erections will be stored using blockchain for some reason," piling on more pointless buzzword tech.