More people died by the spear than the sword, and if you don't like my opinion, I'll shove it up your ass with sharp stick!
flashgnash, Spears are way harder to make a cool spectacle in fantasy though
Kinda reminds me of that scene in Indiana Jones where the guy is doing a load of flashy movements with his sword and he just gets shot in the face
SocialMediaRefugee, You need to arm 100 guys? 100 spears is a lot cheaper and easier to train than 100 swords.
Track_Shovel, 
Omega_Haxors, pokes oh hey didn’t see you from all the way over here.
norgur, 
Even for all who had swords, their primary assault weapon was usually some form of pointy murder stick, usually handheld and horse-propelled
Tankton, The sword is the pistol of ancient times whereas the sprear is the assault rifle.
Sylvartas, That analogy bothers me more than it should because pistols are generally cheaper than assault rifles (but I get your point)
yaminoEXE, Chinese Soldiers: “What if we put a sword on a stick and call it a day?”
empireOfLove, This just in- being able to hurt your enemy from farther away than they can hurt you conveys a large tactical advantage. More at 11.
workerONE, I think a shield and sword together are better than a spear youtu.be/uLLv8E2pWdk?si=vXiyUTTnSbIq-vC8
lud, Wait until you hear about Spears with shields.
RaivoKulli, Were they very common?
lud, Ancient Greek and Rome used them quite a lot, as I know.
Sylvartas, Also Vikings iirc
andthenthreemore, It’s because people want to imagine themselves as a hero, engaging in one on one combat. A knight or samurai.
They don’t want to imagine themselves as a barely trained serf in a block with 30 other people holding 3m long pikes trying not to shit yourself as arrows start to rain down.
Umbrias, By the time of 3m pikes most infantry would be receiving pretty decent training.
Andrew15_5, 
It isn’t folded 1000 times, only about 10 times.
GorgeousWalrus, In fairness, this would give you 1024 layers ;)
Andrew15_5, That’s the point. The number of layers is over 1000.
rockerface, Long stick > any other melee weapon
explodicle, Aliens see us as the water balloon planet.
Narrrz, the bow and arrow is just a logical extension of mankind's desire to poke each other at ever longer range.
rockerface, The natural wish to poke but not get poked back
TimeSquirrel, 
rock->spear->bow and arrow->cannon->handheld cannon->auto-repeating handheld cannon->howitzer->ICBM->Predator drone
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