Amanda
The partner of [[Cullen Conway]] and the only non-member to receive routine mention in the Newfound Glory Hole. Famously asked, on 2026-03-21, whether the song *Killing in the Name Of* was a Kid Rock track.
Amanda
The partner of Cullen Conway and the only non-member to receive routine mention in the Newfound Glory Hole. Famously asked, on 2026-03-21, whether the song Killing in the Name Of was a Kid Rock track.
Amanda appears in the corpus 138 times, spanning 2020-08-27 → 2026-05-13, and is — alongside Evan Bbbender's wife Heather (300 mentions) — one of two non-members the chat treats as effectively recurring cast. She is, the chat agrees, an asset. The earliest mention is by Cullen Conway on August 27, 2020 ("Amanda ended the interview"); her recurring role in the chat's lore — biking buddy, movie-ticket-buyer, nutritional regulator — has been established steadily across the six-year history.
The Kid Rock incident
The single best-loved Amanda moment is recorded by Cullen Conway on 2026-03-21:
"Amanda just asked if Killing in the Name Of was Kid Rock" — Cullen Conway, 2026-03-21
This message received love-tapbacks from Evan Bbbender and Max Lieberman — the latter the rare Max tapback, see Lurker. The encyclopedia notes that on 2026-05-07 Daniel Miller proposed retroactive damage-control: "Cullen, can we tell Amanda this is Zack de la Rocha". Cullen, Evan Bbbender, and Brian Ambuel all love-tapped the suggestion, indicating broad chat support for the cover story.
In-chat appearances
Other notable Amanda mentions:
- 2026-03-20, Matt: "Bring Amanda to grand fir". This is the only documented invitation in the chat for a non-member spouse to attend a Hoen Lunch; whether Amanda attended is not recorded.
- 2026-03-28, Cullen Conway: "Amanda, Maeve, and I will be biking down to the convention center for no Kings around 10:30 if any homies want to join" — extending an invitation to one of two named No Kings protest plans in the corpus. (See No Kings.)
- 2026-04-04, Cullen Conway: "I can't, Amanda is surprising me with movie tickets on my birthday" — establishing that Cullen's birthday is around 2026-04-04 and that Amanda buys him movie tickets.
- 2026-04-08, Kyle Derrick: "Hope Amanda pounds your gash extra hard tonight" — received a love-tapback from Daniel Miller. The chat has not, in its full corpus, exceeded the affectionate vulgarity of this single message.
- 2026-05-03, Cullen Conway: "I'm continuing my elite diet with Amanda gone" — establishing Amanda's role as the chat's most-trusted nutritional regulator.