Clay and future cubes anyone?

my sim had a roommate she eventually married and when he joined my household he had 17 balls of clay in his inventory... I hate it! another roommate wouldnt stop attempting them giving up on making a cake whenever my chef sim was about to try cooking a new meal. so frustrating. I dont understand why the sims team tuned all of these things up to 11 but please turn it down. The balls of clay especially. I had to reset one of the roommates while they were stuck playing with the clay by my front door and the sim teleported downstairs but the ball of clay stayed where it was, hovering in midair just out of reach for me to delete it in build mode.