Is describing someone as “pretty” a subjective description? in other words, if it is, no one could tell me so-and-so is pretty, since only I can determine if i consider someone to be pretty.
I fail to see the logic in this extrapolation. I agree that “pretty” is subjective, and not everyone agrees on what constitutes pretty. But to say “only I can determine” if someone is pretty, and therefore “no one could tell me so-and-so is pretty” is faulty reasoning. Everybody can determine if someone is pretty, and thus anyone could tell you that someone is pretty. Therefore, it would make sense to say that a particular person is someone whom most people consider pretty. Obviously that isn’t a guarantee that the person with whom you are speaking will agree, but it is safe to say that someone who is considered pretty by many can be described as such.