Determinism is just Calvinism for nihilists
In everyday practice, especially when it's brought up in an unsolicited way, yeah pretty much. It's related to the "love is just chemicals, relationships are all transactions" crowd and has a lot of overlap of being abrasive and smug and reductionistic.
I'd argue with capital-D Determinists, but there's no point because the outcome of the argument is ostensibly predetermined anyway, even though acting and behaving like it's predetermined also changes the outcome and in general people are happier and better off not humoring determinism in their everyday lives to begin with. :the-more-you-know: