"Doesn't break" and "actually turns screws" are obviously properties of certain screwdrivers, which maybe you don't get with modern ones. I didn't need to say the screwdriver is "quality" to say that. I just had to say what's true.
The only thing I'd add by saying "quality" is that I think a screwdriver that "doesn't break" and "actually turns screws" is good, which only tells you something about me. If I'd be happy with a different one that breaks and won't turn screws, I simply wouldn't call the old one "quality" and nothing about either one would change.
You might think it's weird if I don't care about a basic thing like whether it turns screws, but maybe I just want a cheap, simple prop for a movie. Maybe it's about a guy whose tools don't work. Maybe I just want the crappy plastic part because it's perfect for some art I'm making. Maybe I bet someone I could break it with a hammer.
All that information about me could change what's fit for me to buy, but none of it would change what's true about the product.
> "Doesn't break" and "actually turns screws" are obviously properties of certain screwdrivers, which maybe you don't get with modern ones. I didn't need to say the screwdriver is "quality" to say that. I just had to say what's true.
When talking about the "quality" of an items intrinsic properties, it's not about what the person feels, some may wrongly use it in that way, but when using "quality" to describe a screwdriver, then that conveys that it is a device that "Doesn't break" and "actually turns screws". That is not my opinion, it is a fact; it continues to do the exact thing it is suppose to do without issue. I shouldn't have to specify that this device drives screws and doesn't break after one use to someone who knows what a screwdriver is. And who would probably find it condescending or patronizing. Saying it's "quality" is a short hand for all the things. If you had no idea what this device is for, then the extra explanation would probably be welcomed and saying "quality" would mean next to nothing to that person. Same for other tangible items; but for things like "quality" of life that is very much opinionated. If you want to avoid the short hand that's fine too, but that doesn't mean everyone who says something is "quality" is coming from a place of emotion.
And if you only want a prop, then you are not buying a driver of screws, you are specifically buying a prop--that's a different item, even if it is the same device.
The only thing I'd add by saying "quality" is that I think a screwdriver that "doesn't break" and "actually turns screws" is good, which only tells you something about me. If I'd be happy with a different one that breaks and won't turn screws, I simply wouldn't call the old one "quality" and nothing about either one would change.
You might think it's weird if I don't care about a basic thing like whether it turns screws, but maybe I just want a cheap, simple prop for a movie. Maybe it's about a guy whose tools don't work. Maybe I just want the crappy plastic part because it's perfect for some art I'm making. Maybe I bet someone I could break it with a hammer.
All that information about me could change what's fit for me to buy, but none of it would change what's true about the product.