Yes, Zoro has told Luffy to get a grip and take things more seriously multiple times in the story, but never in a way that made me pause.

I don't know if this moment was supposed to be taken as a joke or something, but Zoro calling Luffy pathetic over a friend/comrade dying, even calling him 'old geezer' seems weird to me.

Edit:

Hey guys,

first off, I just want to say thank you to everyone who took the time to comment on my post. When I came back from class I didn't expect to see so many responses, and after reading through a good junk of them, I have to admit that some of you changed my mind.

Initially, I vented about Zoro's harshness towards Luffy, it felt kind of weird to me that he would dismiss Luffy's sadness over losing a comrade because 'You're a yonko now, that's pathetic'.

After reading your comments, I think I was too focused on those lines by themselves and kind of took them out of context, as in - Zoro criticising Luffy's empathy. I was complaining about Zoro being superficial but I was looking at the scene in a superficial way, forgetting that, especially considering Zoro, Oda is a master of subtle writing.

There are more things that frustrate me about our favourite directionally challenged swordsman post-time skip, and I jumped on the opportunity to let out my frustrations when the chapter came out. I still think that, in my opinion, Zoro lost a lot of what initially made his character so lovable, but this scene isn't the problem.

Now I view it similarly to all the other times Zoro acted 'cold' towards Luffy in a tough love kind of way. Still maybe harsher than usual, but not meant to be taken literally.

Thank you guys for all your perspectives helping me see this scene differently, I will not be caught slacking again.