If I kidnapped this guy, savagely beat him and then pointed a loaded gun at his head while manically screaming "I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU" this man would be sobbing and begging for his life. Nihilism is performative. Send credible death threats to your local nihilist to test to see if they are a real nihilist (they aren't).