Once this happened, he accepted nihilism as the answer to existential questions. He directly opposes the idea that the universe is interconnected and believes that life is meaningless. He uses his beliefs in nihilism to explain to Albert that the reason for his questions is that he was "an orphan of indifference" (I Heart Huckabees). This causes Albert to accept nihilism and believe that things have no meaning. Albert and Tommy show the absurdity of nihilism by comparing it to hitting yourself in the face with a ball. Getting hit in the face allows them to understand the meaninglessness of the world and they want to hit each other “all day, every day” (I Heart Huckabees). Caterine explains to them that it is not possible to do this all day and that one must "bring oneself back into the human drama" (I Heart Huckabees). This is similar to the critique of nihilism we learned in class that if you are truly nihilistic you should do nothing and simply accept the meaninglessness of the world. There is a scene in the film before Albert accepts nihilism where he is having dinner with a Christian family. He seems to reject their beliefs and ends up arguing with his family. This is interesting because according to Nietzsche, Christianity and nihilism share the same metaphysics. In the end, however, Albert rejects nihilism because he too sees it as such