>>347199What this guy said.
/ic/ is not a big tough anti-hero, he's a fat loser with a bad attitude that everyone hates who lives with his mom. He's always trying to draw awesome shit and hot anime women but sucks at it, so he harshly criticizes everyone else's shit. He's also partially inspired by that crazy fuck Deathelm.
If you want to get into reality, /co/ would be a bunch of fat neckbeards, /a/ would be a bunch of fat girls, /v/ would be more fat neckbeards, etc. It represents the spirit of the board, not the populace. /ic/'s spirit is about being direct, sometimes even cruel and unashamed of it, but still ultimately pathetic because none of us are actual well respected professionals with decent jobs.
There was a lot of discussion about this when d/ic/k was created, and trust me, your points came up. There was even a little weaselly version of d/ic/k with like, glasses and a sweater (and no pants for some reason) but ultimately this version won out.