I don't have much of a problem with sims being drawn excessively to any particular object or activity because I always do some research before adding new EPs or Store sets/items to see what others find annoying about them and then hunt down tuning mods before I install them. When I can't find mods, I look through the Retuner settings and tune out anything that would annoy me.
Most of my sims are attracted to trait driven objects, for example my Disciplined sims will always go to the MA training equipment but that is good because I usually give them a LTW that involves them mastering the skill and I prefer to let my sims do what they want most of the time. I have found that visiting ghosts immediately go to the rocking chair but I understand that given they arrive in such poor shape.
