# C# with an epic fail # using System.Xml.Serialization; [XmlRoot] public class P { public P X { get { return new P(); } set { } } static void Main() { new XmlSerializer(typeof(P)).Serialize(System.Console.Out, new P()); } } The way it fails is epic, it blew my mind completely: ![enter image description here][1] It is just one frame of a seemingly infinite tripping series of strange images. This has got to be the weirdest thing ever. Can anybody explain? Apparently, the ever increasing amount of spaces used for indentation cause those white blocks to appear. It happens on a Win7 Enterprise x64 with .NET 4.5. I haven't actually seen the end of it yet. If you replace `System.Console.Out` with `System.IO.Stream.Null`, it dies pretty fast. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/LGPLc.png