'You think you could do better?'

Man, I love to death how you criticize something i.e. someone's cooking, music, art, etc. and people run to this phrase like it's going to prove anything. Whether I can do better or not is irrelevant.

/short random rant

I love it when people do that to me bartending or when I'm trying to learn how to toss bottles and shit. Cause it's so easy. Cause anyone can do it.

And I love how when I offer the bottles to them suddenly they're modest. Especially when it's grown ass men making fun of a 21 y/o cause I didn't catch the bottle. And literally everyone else in the bar- employees or not- is wondering what's wrong with the guy and why he's ripping into a kid.

Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything better than you!
/fact.

In my case it true 90% of the time.

It's just a bullshit argument for people who can't actually say anything in defence.

Whether i answer yes or no, my criticism was more than likely correct.

You don't have to be able to do something to be able to criticize it.

What people don't understand is that when people do a shitty job at something, they deserve to be criticized because they have training and get paid to do it (usually). Most of the time if I myself had the experience, training, and practice that same person has I probably could do it myself.

Doing a shitty job at something is still a shitty job no matter how you look at it.

I guess the appropriate response would be, "No, but I'm not the jackass trying to do it."

I can't cook worth shit, and that means that I don't try to cook for people. If a person that can't cook offers to cook for me, and it comes out shitty, why shouldn't I let them know?

The one and only answer to the "you think you could do better?" is of course: "yes".

or "ask your mother". It works in some cases.

Relying on this rhetorical question is extremely risky and should never be used, ever. You don't know who is in front of you, so the answer may not be what you expect.

Try asking that to Gordon Ramsay when he criticise how you cook your burgers, try to say right to his face "you think you could do better?".
You'd end up on the menu.

You think you could fap better?

I can't do it better, and that's why you're supposed to do it.

It's even funnier when someone genuinely answers yes to the question and tries to prove it too, but then fails miserably. I think I've seen this shit happen a lot in Periphery videos on YouTube.

As long as criticism is constructive it shouldn't be revoked.

As an example, it's fine if someone is new at cooking and their meal doesn't turn out right. You can tell them it tastes bad but you should also be prepared to tell them specifically what faults are there and maybe how they can improve. If you don't do that, what you're doing is complaining, not criticizing.