How do I deal with my friend who believes in chem trails?

Posted by Pi-creature@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 551 comments

My friend, who is in his 50's is absolutely convinced that the government is poisoning us through chem trails in some sort of geo engineering plot to change weather and start food shortages. I literally don't know what to say because I don't even want to go down that Internet rabbit hole. I'm quite an open person hence why my friend feels comfortable to bring it up. Whenever we go outside he is obsessed with the sky, pointing out all the trails. He's such a cool and fun dude but I can see this is turning into some obsession. I said to him I'm just hoping you are wrong. Has anyone else been in this situation? Is he completely wrong? Governments do terrible things, it would be naive to suggest they don't. But is my friend barking up the complete wrong tree?