that's really "generous" considering many of them (very possibly most of them) would ostracize or ignore us because of our careful communication.
if they saw this thread, it's indeed less than smart of me to call them dumb, but it's really an expression of desire for retribution, at least socially/intellectually etc, as opposed to sincere intent to stroke them all with the same mental deficiency brush.
speaking of poorly employed phrases, ⬆️there's a bit of round-holed square peg for y'all, plus a hint of misplaced innuendo.

i have some similar experiences.
btw just to tangentialize,
is a great skill for learning tonal languages like Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc), Vietnamese, Thai, etc!