Nihilism probably means whatever people want it to mean. I haven’t read Nietzsche either, except wikipedia, so I can’t speak for him, but for me it means purposelessness, which is the purpose. Not death and abyss and blackness. Just nonteleological serendipity which is better represented by Wu Wei en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei Mindless and purposeless = fun. Fun is a simple 3-letter word juxtaposed against purpose.
For instance I am not talking about this for any reason, but simply because it’s fun and enjoyable. There is no purpose and that is the purpose. That’s about as nihilistic as one can get, I would think. But to insist upon some blackness or emptiness comes because of some purpose of the one insisting and that’s not nihilism.
There can only be two motivations: Purpose and nonpurpose. Either you have an agenda, a goal, or you’re doing whatever, mindlessly.
So what Nietzsche said is a trivia for those interested in reading what he said. Mark Twain said to be careful of reading health books or one may die of a misprint, so I don’t want to be too wrapped up in other people’s stuff.
Geese flying over a lake do not intend to cast their reflections and the lake has no mind to retain their image. Birds do not sing for the advancement of music. There is no purpose to anything and that is the best purpose to have