As I said, nihilism as the final verdict about reality is flawed. Although it makes valid observations about absence of objectivity, values, and meaning, it is logically inconsistent (it renders itself moot), and it also makes an incorrect generalization about impossibility of knowledge. Trying to assert the impossibility of knowledge is like trying to deny existence. Funny, but good luck with that.

As for emotional consolation – that's just personal emotional response. Reality is as it is. People can either accept it or not. In other words, absence of meaning, objectivity, and values is in itself neither consoling nor distressing. Which is a fact that clearly demonstrates the flaws of nihilism I mentioned above.