What did it actually do anyway, was it laced with Kryptonite or something? Or was it really the minor inconvenience it appears to be?

it was made out of cherry flavored fruit roll up material. By freaking out and wiping it off himself, the target is then paralyzed by regret for neglecting to partake in the fruity goodness.

bulbed

I seem to remember an SNL sketch where Bob Dole travels back in time, and proves he's from the future by producing a fruit roll-up...

Yeah I definitely saw this as a kid and I feel like it was one of my earliest moment of understanding that something was just plain stupid. Probably one of the reasons I never really cared about Supermans (or superheroes in general, other than 60s Batman of course).

they nerfed it in the last patch

Yeah, I think it's Superman's "I'm not touching you" attack.

There's more where that came from

*points to chest*

Not before Superman did.

Simpsons did it!