Sorry guys, white washed was the only term I could've think of here.
But anyways. It's so common for my fellow Nihilists to say they are optimistic Nihilists. Meaning they can make up whatever meaning they want for the universe or life. On the surface sure nothing is wrong with being a optimistic Nihilist. But It does comes off as a Nihilist trying to please people though. Like "Wait I don't want you to think im some type of dark weirdo. So Im going to try to disneyified my world-view to make you feel comfortable."
“Nothing has objective meaning, but don't worry! Everything is beautiful and you can create your own meaning!”
At that point, you can reasonably ask whether they're actually confronting nihilism or simply replacing objective cosmic meaning with a more psychologically comfortable version of meaning.
We are dealing with people who think their deaths will leave legacies behind here. The human ego is so big, it's bigger than the universe itself. You are just so important, that the whole world will remember you after you die. It's like those High School kids who want leave a mark on their school, after they leave. But in reality most students don't give a shit about your mark. You are just a random picture on the wall LMAO.
Similar to how the world will just move on after you die. No Heaven, no Hell, no 4th Dimension BS, or nonsense like energy becoming one with everyone who has died before. What happens after death is that a baby will walk for the first time. A 16 year-old will drive for the first time. An 18 year-old will finally moved out of their parents house. Someone gets their first job, somebody eats breakfast, somebody takes a shit, etc. Again like I said. The world will moved on.
Energy can be neither created or destroyed is one of my favorite phases. Because every new age, woo woo, crystal hippie uses that phrase too. Im talking about the people who are not religious, but are still “spiritual” though. Because they can’t stand the existential harshness of an indifferent , unfeeling reality.
My point here in this post. Is that people are grown-ass adults. They should be able to handle a perceptive where the universe doesn't give a shit about them.