I disagree. Do you have examples to back that up?

> we grew up on TV and ended up ok

Not sure what you are comparing here, but we (people in early 30s) also grew up on the internet and mostly ended up ok. Some people who grew up on tv did not end up ok.

Quantity is a quality in itself.

If I catch a fish in a lake that's not problem.

If I catch all the fish in the lake we need to stock the lake again with fish.

If I catch 10^30 fish on the planet, fish are extinct.

> If I catch 10^30 fish on the planet, fish are extinct.

The entire planet is extinct

Oopsie, I turned the visible universe into paperclips.

I’m not sure I subscribe to this rule of thumb, but I definitely agree with the general idea that comparisons make weak arguments.