[drops]

Did not read past the first bold paragraph. 'Nihilo' means "out of nothing, nothing is produced"; why does the author think that nihilism needs to have a famous proponent? A linguistic quibble far off the mark.

UPD: I tried reading further, and it did not take long for the author to convince the readers that he is an idiot.

Quote: "Committing to nihilism, deciding that you “are a nihilist,” is unusual, and typically a big deal." No, it's not. Most people in this world are in search of meaning: it is probably the most common source of suffering in the modern times - feeling lost, not having a purpose, etc. The fact that people don't brand themselves as nihilists doesn't mean that they aren't.

Cue the downvotes from pseudo-intellectuals.

[wizzwizz4]

> The fact that people don't brand themselves as nihilists doesn't mean that they aren't.

… Not a rebuttal to:

> Committing to nihilism, deciding that you “are a nihilist,” is unusual, and typically a big deal.

Do you see how these are different? You're talking past the author.

[Grimm1]

Most people aren’t nihilists, in so much as the fact they’re searching for meaning by your own admission. If they were nihilists they wouldn’t be looking. Most people believe there is or should be inherent meaning in things.

You’re getting downvotes because you yourself put out a surface level thought that is easily demonstrably wrong with half a second of thought and then insulted people, nothing to do with pseudo intellectualism.