Exurb1a more or less uses love as a crutch in defeating nihilism. If love stories didn't figure in his video essays, their outlook would be far starker.
I began to think about this as I was contemplating my own life, which seems rather devoid of significance.
I share my flat with my cat, and my roommate, who is also my second cousin (cousin once removed), so I'm not alone as such, but I do wonder who I live for, now that my mother has passed away.