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Basically, a Nihilist that decides to be ''nice'', ''altruistic'', ''virtuous'' and/or ''ethical'' for the same reasons the [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] decides to be an [[The Unfettered|unfettered]], [[Social Darwinist]], [[Omnicidal Maniac|omnicidal]] [[Complete Monster]].
Instead of angsting all the time about "[[Crapsack World|Life is hell,]] [[Downer Ending|we're all gonna die]] [[You Can't Fight Fate|and you can't fight fate,]] [[Put Them All Out of My Misery|thus we might as well start killing each other right now]]", this type thinks more like "Life is hell, we're all gonna die and you can't fight fate... [[You Are Not Alone|but why not make each others' lives worthwhile and enjoyable in the meantime?]]"
The Anti-Nihilist is very likely to adhere to a [[Utilitarianism]] morality, although this isn't a universal rule; there are Anti-Nihilists whose morality might border on self-made [[Blue and Orange Morality]] (see the philosophy of [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]). Expect this declaration of defying nihilism to be uttered as a form of [[Shut UP, Hannibal|shutting up nihilists']] [[Hannibal Lecture|lectures]] [[Despair Speech|on Despair]] and how [[Humans Are Morons]]. Thus, very likely to take form as a [[World of Cardboard Speech|World-of-Cardboard]]/[[Patrick Stewart Speech]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* The main conflicts in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' have shades of this, with the [[Hot-Blooded]] protagonists representing this trope while their opponents appear to be [[Nietzsche Wannabe
* [[Crazy Awesome|Jack Rakan]] from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''.
{{quote|[http://www.mangareader.net/mahou-sensei-negima/316/5 Truth? Meaning? That crap ain't got nothing to do with my life!]}}
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* Many [[Discworld]] books have this theme, especially ones focusing on Death and Sam Vimes. Pretty much reflects [[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Real Life]] views.
* The books of ''[[His Dark Materials]]'' end up coming around to this theme, more or less, with a bit of a [[Fantastic Aesop]] courtesy of Dust. But it's former nun Mary Malone who first reaches the conclusion: that though once she felt that no God meant no purpose to the world, the need to keep Dust alive, that is, wisdom, curiosity, education, and kindness, gives the worlds purpose. In other words, "There is now!"
* [[First-Person Smartass|Christine]], the narrator of the novel ''[[Faction Paradox|Dead Romance]]'' thinks like this when she's dismissing one of her friend's uber-depressing, [[Wangst
{{quote|''What I'm getting at is that in a pointless, empty universe a good time is as meaningless as a bad time, so you might as well slap on a smile and get on with your life.''}}
* Professor Pangloss in [[Voltaire]]'s [[Candide]], who goes through Hell and back and comments on the weather.
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* The Bleak Cabal in ''[[Planescape]]'' is canonically an example of this. Life is meaningless and cruel so hey, no need to add more meaningless cruelty to it by your own actions. The Bleak Cabal runs Sigil's soupkitchens and asylum, and are at a whole a rather decent bunch even if most of them are insane to one degree or another. Sure, their actions won't make any difference in the long run (but in their view, ''nothing'' does anyway), but it helps ''today''.
* The more idealistic characters in ''[[Exalted]]''. Sure enough, the world is gangbanged from all directions by undead, Wyld mutants, demons, and other awful things. The folks in charge of defending it are too busy politicking. Heaven is a sham and a scam, and the patron god of heroism is a crack addict.
== Video Games ==
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