Just noticed we all failed this task because "standard superpower" could also be meant in a geopolitical sense and none of us picked the USSR.

I think I'm gonna go with not needing sleep, like I'm just perpetually well-rested even if I haven't had any shuteye in eight years, and all the physiological and psychological effects of sleep deprivation are gone.

I think this power would ideally include the ability to fall asleep on command just to pass time, though, and not needing to see natural sunlight to stay mentally well, otherwise it would probably just be torture.

If we're talking generic superpowers, telekinesis. It's got near infinite utility.

A nonstandard power that I've often thought about having though is an 8th day of the week. It exists for nobody else but me and the people I let into it. Everyone else ceases to exist for the duration, but I'd be able to interact with anything I want in the world as I please. I'd be able to pull off alot of crazy shit.

trash cat communication

(also extends to skunks, foxes, crows, rats, keas and bears, basically any critter that will loot your trash can for snacks)

gravitational stuff. i guess it would let me fly, but mainly i just wanna float in a position that's maximally comfortable for my sore body, and casually place my laptop and drink and stuff in the air beside me.

boring cheat answer: reality warping

Mind control

Probably something flashy like being a flying brick (heh), or telepathy/telekinesis (obviously too different powers but very often bundled together).

But Cypher’s ability to understand and speak all languages (including body and coding) would be pretty, just travelling talking to people. Also working to preserve dying languages etc. Also would combine well with shape shifting too I guess for infiltration.

Teleportation sounds fun.
I wanna bamf all over the place.

Does shapeshifting include into inorganic materials? If not, I'd want moddable / interchangable cybernetic limbs.

Otherwise, I'd want that thing that... I think it's Taskmaster that does it? Being able to replicate technique just by observing it.

save states would be sick and would save me so many miscommunications. but tbh i wouldn't be able to avoid save scumming my entire life

all my friends are online and scattered all over the globe so... teleportation

that and like, super hacking and shit

One of these days I'm gonna run a worm ttrpg for my friends (as in the really long web serial worm by noted homophobe wildbow), I'm definitely gonna have a self insert character who's a tinker that only works with tech other people have kind of abandoned or moved past. Like, instead of usb ports, all her shit connects with scsi and vga, her networks all use token ring, prolly owns a lisp machine, has her own versions of dos and os/2. That kind of shit.