That's actually quite a sad gif. Not only they spent a lot of money pressure washing and repainting, but actually painting over bricks seals their surface, does

That's actually quite a sad gif. Not only they spent a lot of money pressure washing and repainting, but actually painting over bricks seals their surface, doesn't let them "breathe" and it's overall worse for the wall in the long run. They ruined a perfectly good public property for comedic effect.