The Nihilism Extension Request

The Nihilism Extension Request
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The academic equivalent of throwing yourself on the mercy of the court. Nothing captures the existential crisis of student life quite like pivoting from "I'll start this assignment tomorrow" to "Does anything truly matter in this vast, uncaring universe?" The beautiful part is how this email manages to weaponize nihilism as an extension request. I've received hundreds of these over my career, and I must admit—the honest despair is refreshing compared to the "my fourth grandmother died this semester" classics. Pro tip for students: professors can smell manufactured excuses from two campuses away, but genuine existential dread? That's just relatable content.

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